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Jacksonville restaurant owners blame unemployment benefits for hiring woes ‘We’re not even getting anybody applying,’ one restaurant owner tells News4Jax Published:  Updated:  Tags:  JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – While Florida is open for business and restaurants are at full capacity, owners seem to have one common complaint: they can’t hire enough staff. Several restaurant owners have told News4Jax they believe that state and federal unemployment payments are so good that hourly workers don’t want to take gigs in the service industry. It’s causing some restaurants to limit thei...

By Joel Malkin Apr 13, 2021 While Florida's Agriculture Commissioner is widely expected to run for governor, if Nikki Fried decides to run for reelection, she may face a challenge from a former congressman. Tom Rooney served in two different Districts as a U.S. House member from 2008 until his announcement in 2018 that he would not seek reelection. The Republican told Florida Politics that he is considering a run to head up the state's Department of Agriculture next year, saying he still has political ambitions. Rooney left Congress to spend more time with his sons, while they were in...

By Joel Malkin Apr 13, 2021 While Florida's Agriculture Commissioner is widely expected to run for governor, if Nikki Fried decides to run for reelection, she may face a challenge from a former congressman. Tom Rooney served in two different Districts as a U.S. House member from 2008 until his announcement in 2018 that he would not seek reelection. The Republican told Florida Politics that he is considering a run to head up the state's Department of Agriculture next year, saying he still has political ambitions. Rooney left Congress to spend more time with his sons, while they were in...

$ While Florida inches toward decriminalizing the leisurely use of doobage, the recreational scarfing of sandwiches has been legal for ages, and we have Sir Edward Montagu, aka the Earl of Sandwich, to thank for that — dude did for handhelds what Tommy Chong did for weed. But Cheba Hut, newly open on Colonial Drive, rolls both cultures into one big fat joint of an eatery. Yes, marijuana and the munchies are both celebrated at the city's first Cheba Hut, and the East Orlando location is in close proximity to the chain's primary customer base: UCF students and WMFE on-air personalities. Ther...

By Joel Malkin Apr 13, 2021 While Florida's Agriculture Commissioner is widely expected to run for governor, if Nikki Fried decides to run for reelection, she may face a challenge from a former congressman. Tom Rooney served in two different Districts as a U.S. House member from 2008 until his announcement in 2018 that he would not seek reelection. The Republican told Florida Politics that he is considering a run to head up the state's Department of Agriculture next year, saying he still has political ambitions. Rooney left Congress to spend more time with his sons, while they were in...