Tom Hudson
Senior Economics Editor and Special Correspondent.Tom Hudson is WLRN's Senior Economics Editor and Special Correspondent.
Hudson's extensive reporting on South Florida's economy has taken him from the waters of Florida Bay to the depths of the PortMiami tunnel (and countless offices and conference rooms). He has interviewed bartenders and bankers, caregivers and CEOs to report on the people behind economic statistics.
He began his business reporting career in March 2000, just weeks after the dot-com bubble burst. He has reported from the trading floors of the CME, Chicago Board Options Exchange, NASDAQ and New York Stock Exchange. He previously served as Vice President of News at WLRN when he created and hosted The Sunshine Economy for 10 years. He was managing editor and co-anchor of Nightly Business Report on PBS.
Hudson is married with two sons and advises every bicycle rider to always wear their helmet.
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When the pandemic spurred people to move to Florida, they may not have changed jobs, but they brought their paychecks with them – almost $40 billion worth. And a lot of that came to South Florida. -
Holiday travelers will add to what will likely be a record-breaking year at Miami and Palm Beach airports
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It has been a long journey to open Florida for sports betting with high stakes for the state and the Seminole Tribe.
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In a wide-ranging interview with The Florida Roundup, Jacksonville Congressman John Rutherford talked about avoiding a government shutdown, the chaotic House Speaker race, and his longtime efforts to ban oil and gas drilling off Florida’s coast. And why he supports Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
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At the Arsht Center, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and four presidential candidates squared off to prove to Republican voters who was more worthy of their party’s nomination. In Hialeah, former President Donald Trump rallied his legions of supporters and railed against his GOP rivals and President Biden.
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Gov. DeSantis called lawmakers for a special session to pass sanctions against Iran following the start of the Israel-Hamas war. The proposed legislation would further limit the state from investing its pension funds in companies doing business with Iran.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg toured South Florida last week, hearing from local officials about trains, planes, ports, roads and tunnels. Around $10 billion of last year's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has been earmarked for projects in Florida.
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WLRN has been examining the humanitarian parole immigration program for migrants from Latin America and the Caribbean in our series “Waiting for America.” The Biden Administration instituted the program a year ago in hopes of relieving the crisis at the southern border.
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‘When women and girls thrive, economies thrive.’ The Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade aims to measure and track gender differences in the economy, health, leadership and violence.
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Florida job growth has led the nation, and Friday's jobs report showed a surprising increase in hiring in sectors that are key to the state's job market. But some worry about higher interest rates and high cost of living taking their toll in the future.
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Childcare centers will stop receiving federal pandemic money this month. Providers pledge to keep pay steady. Tuition? Probably not.
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Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic sticks with a message of patience while in Broward County — but is firm in the fight against inflation.
