unemployment benefits

If Congress doesn't compromise and pass another relief bill, a new study finds a staggering number of Americans will lose a critical financial lifeline as the pandemic worsens.

The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday reported 33,821 first-time unemployment claims in Florida during the week that ended Sept. 12, down from a revised 40,256 claims in the previous week.

The U.S. Department of Labor announced an estimated 36,541 first-time unemployment claims in Florida during the week that ended Sept. 5, while 884,000 new applications were filed nationally — a number that remained unchanged from the previous week.

This post will be updated today, Monday, September 7, and through the week with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida.

President Trump announced a series of executive orders to provide expanded unemployment benefits.

The $600 weekly pandemic unemployment payments have single-handedly changed the economic equation in America as people earn more staying home than they did in the jobs they lost.

On this Wednesday, July 22, episode of Sundial: Florida Unemployment BenefitsOver the past four months, 1.7 million Floridians have been receiving…

One out of every three applications for unemployment in Florida has been deemed ineligible to get relief. Are the people applying for the support to…

On this Monday, April 27, episode of Sundial:When Should Florida Reopen? Florida is experiencing a bit of an identity crisis. From Jacksonville to…

The number of people forced out of work during the coronavirus lockdown keeps soaring. Last week, 4.4 million people filed for jobless benefits, boosting the total since last month to 26 million.

Governor Ron DeSantis and his newly-formed task force are working on reopening the state during the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. DeSantis…

A slew of factors have led to painful lags in getting financial aid into the hands of record numbers of unemployed workers.