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Friday's Daily Pulse | 1/15/2021 Florida’s unemployment claims more than triple to highest level since August Applications for jobless aid in Florida unexpectedly soared last week, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Thursday — a sign that the economic misery wrought by the coronavirus pandemic continues. For the week ending Jan. 9, new applications for unemployment assistance tripled from 24,697 to 75,444. So-called continuing claims, or the number of filers receiving assistance for at least two straight weeks, climbed from 129,575 to 155,097. More from the Miami Herald and the South...

>> god bless you, neil. >> neil: we're still waiting to hear from the president and this listening session. let's go to rich edson, tallahassee, florida with the latest only some very angry young people who are not satisfied right now. sir? >> good afternoon, neil. this were several events that converged on florida capitol complex behind me. a rally that just let out a couple hours ago. and then ended up filtering back in to the florida capitol complex where a number of the students here protesting were chanting "you work for us, vote them out, where is rick scott" the governor of florida and ...