Jobless Numbers Down In Florida As Stimulus On Its Way
(WorldNews Sport)

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – Florida continues to see a slowing of first-time unemployment claims, with applications last week the lowest since the coronavirus pandemic started a year ago and as more federal stimulus money is poised to flow to the state. The U.S. Department of Labor estimated Thursday that Florida had 16,005 initial unemployment claims filed during the week that ended March 6, down from a revised count of 19,020 claims in the week ending Feb. 27.READ MORE: Plan For Sales Tax, Unemployment Fund Gets Support In Florida House Florida`s drop came as the Department of Labor estimated 712,000 first-time unemployment claims were filed nationally last week, down 42,000 from...