Florida Unemployment

With weekly unemployment claims rolling in at pre-pandemic numbers, state leaders say they remain optimistic about seeing results from a summer push to get people back into the labor force.

Northeast Florida’s unemployment rate is slowly improving as the year progresses, according to the latest state data. According to the latest…

As Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to tout improvements to Florida’s unemployment system, some First Coast applicants who believe they qualify for assistance…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling for an investigation into the state’s unemployment system, which he described as “broken.”The state’s reemployment…

Updated at 1:22 on April 14 to reflect that the April 14 job fair is full. While record numbers of people are applying for unemployment benefits in…

In the past year, Jacksonville’s unemployment rate has decreased from 3.7% to 3.5%. That's as Jacksonville companies created around 14,000 jobs compared…

March was a month that a saw slight uptick in job growth in Jacksonville.According to the state Department of Economic Opportunity, Florida’s jobless rate…

With the state's unemployment rate holding steady as Gov. Rick Scott's second term got underway, he focused Tuesday on private-sector job growth since he…