Florida’s unemployment rate stood at 4.7 percent in March, representing 475,000 people out of work from a workforce of 10.17 million. The state Department of Economic Opportunity will release an April report on May 21. The rate was 13.8 percent in April 2020, after the pandemic forced businesses to shut down or dramatically scale back.
“I think now we re in just a different situation, you have a surplus of jobs, particularly in restaurant, lodging, hospitality, that people want to hire,” DeSantis said. “I mean, you see the signs all over the place. Look, that s a good problem to have. But we also just want to make sure, like, look, if you re really unemployed, can t get a job, that s one thing. But making sure that you re doing your due diligence to look for work, and making sure those incentives align, better.”
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is promising a $1,000 bonus for every first responder in his state.
“(To) Florida’s first responders: Help is on the way,” DeSantis
said during a Wednesday news conference at the Satellite Beach Police Department in Brevard County, pledging checks to every police officer, firefighter, paramedic, and EMT in the Sunshine State.
“Some want to defund the police, we’re funding the police and then some,” DeSantis added while praising the first responders who have continued to work during the coronavirus pandemic without the luxury of being able to work from home.
The payments will go out once DeSantis signs the recently passed budget into law, which the Republican governor says will happen “relatively soon.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he will soon sign a budget that will include $1,000 bonuses for all police officers, firefighters and first responders in the.
Gov. Ron DeSantis announces $1,000 bonuses for first responders We re funding the police and then some, governor says
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that the state is giving $1,000 bonuses to all first responders in Florida.
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SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. â Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that the state is giving $1,000 bonuses to all first responders in Florida.
This includes every sworn law enforcement officer, EMTs, firefighters and paramedics. Some want to defund the police, we re funding the police and then some, DeSantis said.
The governor made the announcement at the Satellite Beach Police Department in Brevard County with multiple officers and police chiefs from the region.
police and other first responders with $1,000 bonuses for doing their lifesaving work amid the
DeSantis made the announcement Wednesday, flanked by first responders and members of law enforcement during a news conference in front of the Satellite Beach Police Department.
During the event he also announced he would sign the state s budget.
The police officers surrounding the governor applauded DeSantis for the move, which he said would fund the police and then some, throwing sand in the face of progressives who want to defund law enforcement. I asked the legislature in this legislative session, we need to do bonuses for law enforcement, DeSantis said. Some wanted to defund the police, we’re funding the police, and then some.