Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis

TALLAHASSEE, FL—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is crowing about thestate's economy in response to recent job numbers that have Floridacontinuing to outpace the nation in terms of job growth.

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity released earlierthis week January 2019 and yearly employment totals for 2018. TheState of Florida posted a private sector job growth rate of 2.7% in2018, well above the 2.1% US private sector job growth rate forlast year.

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John Jordan

John Jordan is a veteran journalist with 36 years of print and digital media experience.