Florida's Unemployment Rate Dips Below 5 Percent
Florida's unemployment rate dipped below 5 percent for the first time in eight years.
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Florida's unemployment rate dipped below 5 percent for the first time in eight years.
A House panel on Monday unanimously approved a measure aimed at cracking down on unemployment fraud based on identity theft --- a practice lawmakers say is spiraling out of control.
Floridians continue to report problems with the state's 2-year-old unemployment benefits website, according to lawmakers.
Florida's jobless rate went up slightly in March.
Florida's unemployment rate for February was virtually unchanged from the previous month.
An official from the agency that oversees the state's unemployment-claims website disputed aspects of a highly critical audit that outlined lax oversight of the site and potential security risks for users.
Two South Florida brothers will spend years in federal prison after pleading guilty in an identity theft and unemployment insurance fraud case.
Florida's unemployment rate has dropped again and is now right in line with national rate.
Even with a slight drop, Florida's new unemployment rate is still higher than the national average.
Florida's unemployment rate saw a slight uptick in August.
Florida's unemployment rate did not change in July amid signs the economy is in the process of a slow, steady recovery from the Great Recession.
Florida's unemployment rate is now higher than the national rate.
There was little fanfare from Gov. Rick Scott's office Friday to herald the monthly update of the state's unemployment rate, which ticked up slightly from April to May and now matches the national mark of 6.3 percent.
More than 7,000 job positions will be up for grabs at a mega job fair Wednesday in Sunrise.
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Numbers out Friday show Florida's unemployment rate has not changed much in the past couple of months.
More than 500 job positions will be up for grabs at a mega job fair Monday in Ft. Lauderdale.
Over 2,000 job positions will be up for grabs at a mega job fair Wednesday in Miami Lakes.
More than 500 job positions will be up for grabs at a mega job fair Tuesday in Ft. Lauderdale.
Florida Democrats have criticized Gov. Rick Scott for failing to provide leadership or take ownership over the state's troubled $63 million unemployment website.
The state of Florida will be releasing the unemployment numbers for the month of December Friday morning and it could give a boost to Governor Rick Scott while also posing a tricky political situation.
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The federal government will allow the state to pay unemployment claims in cases that have been in dispute for more than a week, as officials look to ease a backlog created by Florida's new but trouble-plagued $63 million unemployment assistance website.
Senate Republicans failed to generate the votes to kill a bipartisan bill to extend long-term unemployment insurance by three months. The filibuster by some Senate Republicans to the extension fell by a vote of 60-37 Tuesday morning.
A special town commission meeting was scheduled for Tuesday to oust mayor Geoffrey Jacobs over residency questions, but a county Circuit Court judge has blocked that from happening.
Dramatic testimony in a Miami-Dade courtroom Tuesday morning as the victim testified he is afraid of going back to work after he says he was shot four times during a road rage incident.
It's been nearly two years since U.S. Senior Airman Roger Fortson was shot to death by a Florida deputy responding to a domestic disturbance report that later turned out to be false.
The bill will make October 14th the "Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance," which has sparked outrage due to Kirk's controversial comments towards Black and Muslim people.
Tax refunds will be bigger this year because of the big, beautiful bill" act, with higher-income households set to reap the biggest checks.
A special town commission meeting was scheduled for Tuesday to oust mayor Geoffrey Jacobs over residency questions, but a county Circuit Court judge has blocked that from happening.
Dramatic testimony in a Miami-Dade courtroom Tuesday morning as the victim testified he is afraid of going back to work after he says he was shot four times during a road rage incident.
It's been nearly two years since U.S. Senior Airman Roger Fortson was shot to death by a Florida deputy responding to a domestic disturbance report that later turned out to be false.
The bill will make October 14th the "Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance," which has sparked outrage due to Kirk's controversial comments towards Black and Muslim people.
Tax refunds will be bigger this year because of the big, beautiful bill" act, with higher-income households set to reap the biggest checks.
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.
Democratic leaders a say White House proposal doesn't make the grade as they demand new restrictions on ICE and threaten a shutdown of the Homeland Security Department.
Chappell Roan says she's left her talent agency after its CEO, Casey Wasserman, was named in files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The leaders of three major immigration agencies defended the Trump administration's deportations in testimony before lawmakers on Tuesday.
The U.S. military struck its 39th alleged drug-carrying boat on Monday, killing two people and leaving one survivor who is now the focus of a search-and-rescue effort.
President Trump said Monday he would block the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Detroit and Canada "until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them."
Alexander Vindman spoke to CBS Miami's Jim DeFede on Sunday's Facing South Florida now that he is running for U.S. Senate in Florida.
The bill by State Rep. David Borrero would order a study on moving Miami-Dade's Urban Development Boundary (UDB) line and eliminating longstanding safeguards designed to protect the Everglades, requiring any project outside the UDB to receive a two-thirds vote of the County Commission.
Haitian American advocates, like Miami Dade County Commissioner Marlene Bastien, say the move is both cruel and creates a sense of fear in the community.
For more than a year, Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he wants to do away with all homesteaded property taxes, arguing homeowners should not have to pay rent to the government.
Raquel Pacheco said she has "hope" after seeing the worldwide reaction to the video she posted of two Miami Beach police detectives showing up at her house because she had posted a critical comment on Facebook about Miami Beach Mayor Steve Meiner.
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In a new study that could have significant implications for future Alzheimer's treatment, researchers at the University of Miami have successfully figured out how to combat one of the early signs of the neurodegenerative disease.
One patient reports getting stuck with a $2,418 "facility fee" after seeing her doctor. "I didn't even know such a thing existed," she said.
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The House's Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee approved the bill which also changes multiple laws and restrictions involving nursing homes, dental hygienists, and registered nurses.
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Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
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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.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Chappell Roan says she's left her talent agency after its CEO, Casey Wasserman, was named in files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The 31-year-old Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny took the stage on Sunday dressed in all white, donning a jersey with his last name, Ocasio, and the number 64.
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