5 ways lawmakers can fix Floridaâs unemployment system â besides CONNECT
They could raise the maximum benefit amount. Or find out why CONNECT is rejecting so many people.
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Hillsborough County Library Service employee Stephen Duran wears a mask and gloves to protect himself from the coronavirus outbreak as he hands out unemployment paperwork to residents Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at the Jimmie B. Keel Regional Public Library in Tampa. [ CHRIS O MEARA | AP ]
Updated Mar. 13
TALLAHASSEE â During the last year, legislatorsâ offices were flooded with calls from desperate Floridians looking for help with their unemployment claims, leading to what is likely the greatest constituent outreach effort in the Legislatureâs history.
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During a year when the state lost more than 400,000 jobs, Floridaâs cannabis industry in 2020 added nearly 15,000 employees, according to the cannabis website Leafly.
Four years after Florida voters approved its legalization for medical purposes, marijuana is a $1.2 billion business. Industry insiders say itâs growing every day.
That type of success would usually earn support in Floridaâs business friendly Legislature. But the 2021 lawmaking session is anything but a victory lap for Floridaâs pot sector. Entrepreneurs and medical marijuana patients are worried about a slate of sweeping reforms in the form of legislation or a Florida Supreme Court opinion.
A day after legislative leaders unleashed the plan, the House began moving forward Thursday with a proposal that would cover a pandemic-caused shortfall in the unemployment system by requiring out-of-state online retailers to collect sales taxes from Floridians.
A day after legislative leaders unleashed the plan, the House began moving forward Thursday with a proposal that would cover a pandemic-caused shortfall in the unemployment system by requiring out-of-state online retailers to collect sales taxes from Floridians.