Commerce Jamal News Today

DeSantis held a news conference at the Collier County Public Schools district office Friday morning. He was joined by Enterprise Florida Secretary of Commerce Jamal Sowell. Watch again in the player below or click here.

Governor Ron DeSantis holds a press conference with the Department of Economic Opportunity Secretary Dane Eagle and Enterprise Florida Secretary of Commerce Jamal Sowell. The conference was held at 11 a.m. at Crabby Bill’s in St. Pete Beach. Governor DeSantis spoke about improving infrastructure throughout the state and shared information on the economic and tourism […]

As new members of the Sumter County commission are pushing for a tax increase that would punish new business, leaders at the state level are igniting their strategy to lure it to the Sunshine State. Ex-Democrats Oren Miller and Gary Search are championing the reversal of the county’s longstanding pro-business strategy, seeking to dramatically raise road impact fees on new homes and businesses countywide. Search has pressed to nearly double the fees from the current 40% of the maximum allow...