Florida continues to see a steady decline in first-time unemployment claims, even as several large hospitality and entertainment companies have extended and imposed large-scale layoffs because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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COVID-19 has created a unique challenge to traditional methods of assisting job-seekers.
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State Rep. Dane Eagle will become the executive director of the state’s employment agency.
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Ken Lawson said in his resignation letter that he was leaving his post "in the spirit of turning the page and moving forward."
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State officials reported that revenues posted in June were more than $427 million under estimate, even as the state's economy began reopening.
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A day after rejecting an offer of contrition from Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., who represents the Gainesville area, for his language during this week's Capitol steps confrontation, Ocasio-Cortez and more than a dozen colleagues cast the incident as all-too-common behavior by men, including Trump and other Republicans.
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At least 1,000 E2 visa holders could be barred from reentry and unable to run their U.S.-based businesses.
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The tourism industry has been hit hard during the pandemic, but Alachua County is working to combat the harsh effects locally.
Read More »The unprecedented surge in Florida's unemployed due to the coronavirus has put pressure on the governor to investigate the faulty state system for processing claims.
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Alachua County announced Saturday via Facebook that it was amending its weekslong coronavirus emergency order so that animal grooming services were “now considered low-risk and can resume Monday.”
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