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Advocates hoped for more, but the administration says this is the pace it wants as it scales up the effort. "We chose intentionally to start slow so that we can go fast later," an official says.
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Florida’s economic outlook for 2020 is good but not great, according to economic commentator Hank Fishkind. He tells 90.7’s Matthew Peddie that slowing domestic migration and tourism are worrying signs for the economy.
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Florida's Puerto Rican state lawmakers are calling on Congress to help Puerto Rico consolidate its more than $72 billion in debt. Under a memorial proposed by 30th district representative Bob Cortes, federal officials would allow the struggling commonwealth island's municipalities and public utilities to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy. Current federal law prevents it.
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Puerto Ricans job seekers are helping to quickly expand Orange County and Hillsborough counties' economies. That’s according to a new report from credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service on Puerto Rican migration to central Florida.
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The number of Puerto Ricans arriving in Central Florida from cities like New York, Chicago, and San Juan is growing at a fast pace. Recent census data now show Orange and Osceola counties as home to the second largest number of Puerto Ricans in the country, after New York. 90.7’s Renata Sago reports.