Florida ranks third for small-business job growth in 2017, study says

Florida ranks third for small-business job growth, despite a slight decline in its rate from last year, according to one report. A study by human resources company Paychex and information provider IHS Markit shows that Florida trails only Tennessee and Washington in an index that measures small-business growth. But the report also shows its job growth rate declined nearly 1 percent since last year, despite broader gains in the economy. The report's Small Business Jobs Index, which measures...