Enterprise Florida – Florida Center for Investigative Reporting

Investigation Found Enterprise Florida Spent Half A Million Dollars On Lavish Restaurants, Hotels

March 3, 2014

The state’s economic development agency is under fire, again. This time, a recent report highlighted lavish spending by its staff, which prompted a watchdog group to ask the governor to launch an investigation.

Another State-Backed Company Plans Massive Layoffs In Florida

February 14, 2014

A mortgage software firm that has received millions in state incentive dollars has announced it will lay off 744 workers in Florida by April.

National Group Says Enterprise Florida Is Misusing Taxpayer Funds

October 28, 2013

A new national report criticizes the use of public-private partnerships for economic development in several states, including Florida.

For Enterprise Florida, $3 Million the Price of a Press Release

May 20, 2013

When the state of Florida handed over incentive funds of $3 million to airline AirTran in 2008 for a new systems-operations center, the deal included a caveat: a public announcement of AirTran’s featly to Florida.

In Florida, Incentives Only the Beginning for Favored Companies

May 19, 2013

An FCIR analysis of state data shows that 25 companies awarded millions in Florida economic incentives receive millions more in state contractor payments.

Gov. Rick Scott Signs Into Law Greater Transparency for Economic Incentives

May 17, 2013

Ashley Lopez: Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill into law today that would create some transparency in the state’s controversial economic incentives program.

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