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With weekly unemployment claims rolling in at pre-pandemic numbers, state leaders say they remain optimistic about seeing results from a summer push to get people back into the labor force. The U.S. Department of Labor issued a report Thursday that estimated 6,502 new jobless claims were filed in Florida during the week that ended Sept. […]

One of the biggest hurdles remains finding people to work in the leisure and hospitality industries, which were among the hardest-hit fields during the pandemic.

A Florida judge is expected to give their ruling over unemployment lawsuit which could force state to continue making benefit payments through September 4th

The lawsuit contends DeSantis violated state law in June when he stopped providing $300 a week in federal assistance. A judge now will decide.

The lawsuit alleges that Florida disregarded its own law when it axed $300-a-week federal unemployment supplements last June.

Gov. Ron DeSantis handed out $1000 checks to Jacksonville Sheriffs Office deputies as part of the Florida’s Heroes initiative.

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Because of the summer surge of COVID-19, Mayor Lenny Curry has asked the City Council for emergency approval of $4 million to open new testing sites.

Lawsuit challenges unemployment money halt in Florida Published:  File photo TALLAHASSEE – Broward County residents struggling financially because of the COVID-19 pandemic have filed a lawsuit challenging a decision by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to cut off federal unemployment money for Floridians. The lawsuit, filed Sunday in Broward County circuit court, contends that the DeSantis administration violated state law last month when it stopped providing $300 a week in federal assista...