Miami-Dade Unemployment Rate Skyrocketing
The statewide unemployment numbers may be improving, but the unemployment situation in Miami-Dade continues to deteriorate.
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The statewide unemployment numbers may be improving, but the unemployment situation in Miami-Dade continues to deteriorate.
Unemployment remains at historic levels in South Florida, but in other parts of the country, the recession is turning around.
While companies have started to pick up their hiring in 2011, in South Florida, if you're waiting to find your perfect, full-time job with great benefits, good luck.
Employers added more than 200,000 jobs in April for the third straight month, the biggest hiring spree in five years. But the unemployment rate ticked up to 9 percent.
While Florida won't release their first time jobless claims numbers for a couple of more weeks, nationwide the numbers were up for the third week signaling a weakening in the job market.
A bill which would scale back unemployment compensation benefits has passed in the Florida Senate and is now on its way back to the House for final approval.
People without jobs in Florida could get less money in unemployment compensation under a bill passed Tuesday by the Florida Senate. The House has passed a similar bill, and must now consider the Senate's changes.
The Miami Herald Media Company announced yet another round of job cuts at its Miami newspapers Monday, cutting 15 jobs and eliminating 35 positions.
Florida's unemployment rate dropped to 11.1 percent in March, down from 11.5 percent in February and the lowest it's been since November of last year, Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday.
Hundreds of people desperately trying to get back into the workforce are expected to attend a major job fair Thursday in Davie.
New numbers from the Labor Department could help spur more job growth in South Florida and across the nation. The nation's unemployment rate fell to a two-year low of 8.8 percent in March.
As the second fiscal quarter is set to begin, some problems in the economy are getting better, but some old ones still remain.
Florida's unemployment rate followed the national numbers and showed a significant drop in the past month. Florida's rate dropped from 11.9 percent in January to 11.5 percent in February.
As nation's unemployment rate slowly sinks below the double digit mark, here in South Florida the picture is not as encouraging.
January's unemployment numbers are virtually unchanged from those of December 2010, but there is some good news in the report.
The Florida House has passed a bill which will reduce the time an unemployed worker would receive state benefits from 26 weeks to 20 weeks.
Florida Governor delivered his first State of the State speech Tuesday night amidst a growing concern over the depth of cuts and the path Florida will chart in the next few years.
Blasted by everyone from Florida's struggling unemployed the businesses that fund part of every unemployment check, the Florida Senate appears to backing down from a hardline bill to cut benefits and raise unemployment taxes, with a new, softer proposal announced Tuesday.
The GOP-dominated state House committee has given approval to a rewrite of Florida's unemployment compensation laws that will cut benefits to the jobless and make it harder to secure benefits.
Embattled Miami-Dade mayor Carlos Alvarez admitted that he has made mistakes as the county's 'strong mayor', but in the "State of the County" message he urged critics to abandon efforts to "divide us politically" and to work with him.
A Florida House committee has approved a new unemployment compensation bill that is more business-friendly including a lower unemployment tax rate for Florida companies.
The Labor Department's latest unemployment numbers for January brought good news and bad news to economists looking for signs the Great Recession is coming to an end.
More and more people are having a tough time finding a job in Miami-Dade. Preliminary numbers from the county's economic development office indicate Miami-Dade has hit a new high unemployment rate of 13.6 percent
Despite increased retail sales and all those holiday hires, Florida's unemployment rate in December 2010 did not see any gains. The rate is 12 percent, unchanged from November, according to state officials.
GEM has run 16 cargo planes and 7 shipping containers to Venezuela since June 24 amid the deadly earthquakes.
The staff files nails, trims cuticles, and scrubs feet without using water, a process designed to help prevent infections in clients with diabetes or fungal conditions.
According to arrest documents, the off-duty officer was notified by the mall's security that a male patron later identified as Johnathan Sobenis, 26, being loud, disruptive, and causing a disturbance inside an unidentified business.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
For this year, lawmakers moved the discount dates to July 20 through Aug. 20.
GEM has run 16 cargo planes and 7 shipping containers to Venezuela since June 24 amid the deadly earthquakes.
The staff files nails, trims cuticles, and scrubs feet without using water, a process designed to help prevent infections in clients with diabetes or fungal conditions.
According to arrest documents, the off-duty officer was notified by the mall's security that a male patron later identified as Johnathan Sobenis, 26, being loud, disruptive, and causing a disturbance inside an unidentified business.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
For this year, lawmakers moved the discount dates to July 20 through Aug. 20.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
President Trump delivered a speech on election security Thursday night at the White House. Here are the facts behind some of his claims.
Immigration officers could weigh use of Medicaid, food aid and housing help in green card decisions after Trump administration rescinds Biden-era public charge rule.
The legislative proposal would allow the defense secretary to withhold "controlled unclassified information," potentially curbing public access to a wide range of defense records.
Part of President Trump's speech Thursday night is expected to touch on previously unreported alleged Chinese meddling in U.S. elections, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The Pentagon will now require service members over 30 to screen for testosterone deficiency, and if needed, they can elect to have testosterone replacement therapy.
Dotie Joseph said after talking with neighbors and looking at the field, she thinks she has plenty of experience to assume the governorship.
Perhaps the most controversial cut DeSantis made was the $15 million that would have gone to fund security efforts at Catholic schools in Miami-Dade County.
The likely Republican candidate for governor, Congressman Byron Donalds, said he would vote for it, but as he told CBS Miami's Jim DeFede, if it does fail, they will tackle the issue again next year.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has avoided talking about both topics with opponents calling him "the most corrupt attorney general Florida has had."
On Thursday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the closing of Alligator Alcatraz, the highly controversial immigration detention center that was the subject of numerous lawsuits as well as allegations of abuse.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid.
A recall has been issued for frozen blueberries sold at Publix stores in Georgia, Florida and other Southern states after 12 people became sick, the FDA says.
A new Florida law requires drug prescribers to complete sickle cell training, aiming to improve care and address stigma faced by patients.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
A total of 22,141 fans wore the caps in London's Hyde Park on Friday ahead of his set at the British Summer Time festival.
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983, has died. She was 75.
The nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, with the final season of HBO Max's "Hacks" setting a new record for the most nominations in a single year for a comedy series.
The Empire State Building lit up in blue for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding Friday night.