Task Force Looks for Answers on Reviving Economy
By Jim Turner, Christine Sexton The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — With hundreds of thousands of workers filing unemployment claims and…
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UPDATED: DEO Publishes Florida Unemployment Dashboard
On Monday the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity began to provide daily updates on their efforts to address Reemployment Assistance challenges. The…
Coronavirus Model Lowers Florida Death Projections
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) model, which has become the go-to model for coronavirus projections, has once again lowered…
DeSantis Revamps Leadership of Unemployment System
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday shook up oversight of the state’s unemployment-compensation…
State Steps Up Testing in Nursing Homes as Cases Mount
By Christine Sexton, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — As the number of infections in long-term care facilities approached 1,000, Gov.…
Nikki Fried Traveled to Atlanta Over Easter Weekend Despite Stay-At-Home Order
Reports indicate that Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, despite a Florida stay-at-home-order, traveled to Atlanta over the Easter weekend and appeared on…
Tracking the Impact of Social Distancing in Florida
TR has previously written about when to expect and how to measure the impact of the mitigation actions put in place in…
The Impact of Social Distancing in Florida Should Show Up This Week
According to experts, the impact of the mitigation actions taken in Florida to address the spread of the coronavirus should began to…
Lawmaker Wants Audit of Unemployment System
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A Tampa Republican lawmaker on Friday called for an audit of the…
Coronavirus Task Force Identifies Future Hot Spots, Florida Not Included
The past Thursday, Dr. Birx, who serves as the Coronavirus Response Coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, held a press…
DeSantis Announces Stay At Home Order
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he will issue an executive order calling for Floridians statewide to stay at home, a move that…
Florida, New York COVID-19 Deaths Take a Different Path. But Why?
Comparing the deaths over the last two weeks in New York and Florida from the coronavirus show very different trends (See graph…