Economy

The Lee County Economic Development Office invited the senior economist for Wells Fargo, Mark Vitner, to speak Friday at the Harborside Event Center in…

It would have been tough to beat June’s housing numbers, a month when Miami-Dade County set an all-time record for single-family home sales.While South...

A couple dozen protesters chanted their slogans at the St. Petersburg City Hall Thursday morning, in support of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour....

Four press conferences held Thursday morning across Florida -- including one in Miami -- joined a recent cry to nearly double the minimum wage to $15....

As WLRN has reported this year, the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico is staggering under $73 billion in debt. The Caribbean island’s governor is giving...

It's likely not news to you that Miami is ground zero for two of the most watched Republicans in this cycle's presidential contest. Remember the...

Negotiators from the House and Senate slashed almost $60 million in economic development spending Saturday as the Legislature drew closer to an elusive...

Job demand in Florida is high. Department of Equal Opportunity says it’s the highest recorded data for Florida in the month of May since 2005....

Florida has set a tourism record for a single quarter. Tourism marketer VISIT FLORIDA is reporting more than 28 million visitors arrived between January...

The 2015 Southwest Florida Sustainability Summit takes place April 30th. The event brings together a broad spectrum of local experts for a series of panel…