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President Donald Trump officially granted a major disaster declaration request. The Department is currently accepting applications for DUA from residents and businesses in Bay, Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Walton counties. Individuals affected in these designated-disaster areas must file DUA applications by November 6, 2020.

Good Business Colorado is hoping to make inroads in Florida by focusing on the rights of LGBTQ workers in the Sunshine State.

DeSantis that the unemployment rate in Florida stood at 3.0 percent in December, down from 3.1 percent from November and from 3.3 percent at the start of the year thanks to 220,000 Floridians entering the workforce throughout 2019 and more than 198,000 new private sector jobs. The national unemployment rate stood at 3.5 percent in December.

Florida’s economy continues to remain strong as Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Friday that the state unemployment rate remained 3.2 percent in October while the private-sector job growth rate in the Sunshine State continued to outpace the national average.

With 215,000 new private-sector jobs created in the past year, the unemployment rate in Florida continues to drop.