Scott: Florida has added 1 million jobs since he took office

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Rick Scott says Florida has added more than 1 million private sector jobs since he took office in 2011. He made the announcement as jobs figures released Friday showed the state's unemployment rate was 5 percent in November. That's a down 0.1 percentage point from the month before. Scott promised to create 700,000 jobs in seven years during his 2010 campaign. After he was told state economists predicted 1 million jobs would be created naturally as ...