JOBLESS RATE RISES: Miami-Dade County’s unemployment rate continues to rise, reaching 2.9% in August, US Bureau of Labor Statistics data released this week show. Unemployment in the county had been 2.8% in July and 2.4% in June. Unemployment for the state as a whole, which had been at 3.7% for four months, also rose, reaching 3.8%. At the end of the month Miami-Dade had 42,100 workers unemployed, up from 40,300 in July. Statewide, 424,000 people were unemployed.
TARGETING RUSH HOURS: Brightline announced this week that starting in early October it will be charging more for peak-time rail trips than at off-peak hours and departing and arriving more frequently during those peak times. For example, a peak-period trip from Miami to Aventura will cost $17 while the off-peak charge will be $9. Peak trips from Miami to Fort Lauderdale will be $26 and $14 for off-peak travel. During peak hours, the line said, trains will run about every 30 minutes. All special event trains will be charging peak-hour rates regardless of the day or the time. Peak hours, the line said, are weekdays 6:30-9:30 a.m. and 3:30-6:30 p.m.
TRUMP LIBRARY SITE: Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet next week are to consider providing 2.63 acres beside the Freedom Tower on Biscayne Boulevard for President Donald Trump’s presidential library. The land is now a Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus parking lot. “No state has better delivered the president’s agenda than the free state of Florida, and we would be honored to house his presidential library here in his home state,” Mr. DeSantis said in a written statement. Mr. DeSantis and the Cabinet – Attorney General James Uthmeier, Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia and Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson – are to meet Sept. 30. In June, the governor signed a law that prevents local governments from placing restrictions on presidential libraries and would give the state authority to regulate establishing and operating such facilities.
RENT TAX ENDS: A more than decade-long push by business groups will pay off Oct. 1 with the end of a state sales tax on commercial leases. “It’s going to lower the cost of doing business in Florida, which will help lower the cost of living here,” Florida Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Mark Wilson said. The business rent tax began in 1968, when the state sales tax rate stood at 4%. The rent tax rate increased as the overall sales tax rate rose in 1984 and 1988, reaching 6%. Over the past decade, with business groups clamoring against the tax, legislators slowly chipped away at the rate. It has been 2% since June 2024.
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