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SOUTH FORT MYERS DeSantis ready to increase restaurant capacity beyond 50 percent ‘soon’ Gov. Ron DeSantis hosted a roundtable regarding the reopening of restaurants Thursday. While he hinted at reopening bars and increasing restaurant capacity “soon” no official announcements were made. During the roundtable at Connors Steak and Seafood at Gulf Coast Town Center in South Fort Myers , restauranteurs made one thing clear – they want to […]
FORT MYERS Unemployed Floridians start to see Lost Wages Assistance payments hit bank accounts Long-awaited benefits from the federal government, part of the Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) program, started to hit bank accounts Tuesday. But we can’t expect them to continue just yet. So far, FEMA has only approved the State of Florida for three payments of $300 to cover the first three weeks of August. We don’t know if the state plans to apply […]
FORT MYERS Gov. DeSantis extends unemployment waivers until Dec. 5 Unemployed Floridians can breathe a small sigh of relief — for now. A day before they were set to expire, Governor DeSantis extended three waivers for 90 more days. DeSantis decided to keep waiving the work search, work registration requirements and waiting week requirements through Dec. 5. BREAKING: Work search, work registration requirements are waived […]
FORT MYERS Florida’s unemployed still struggling despite national drop in jobless claims Jobless claims are down for another week and 881,000 Americans filed initial claims for benefits last week. Cynthia Cox can’t wait much longer. “Hurry up and send the money out, people need help, I mean, really. They do,” she said. She’s been out of work since May, relying weekly on $125 from the state and, […]
Dane Eagle to head Florida’s DEO Rep. Dane Eagle will take over Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity, replacing Ken Lawson, who resigned Monday. Eagle, who lives in Cape Coral, recently lost the Republican primary for the District 19 Congressional seat. The DEO faced a number of problems over the last six months as millions of Floridians bogged down the state unemployment […]
CAPE CORAL Back to School: Lee County mom says bus safety protocols not followed, district reports no other complaints A mom in Southwest Florida is disappointed and nervous after sending her children on the school bus. With the new school year comes new protocols. Kathy Sousa and three of her elementary school children, Denim, Hannah and Aiden, decided face-to-face learning at Skyline Elementary School in Cape Coral is the way to go this year. […]
WINK NEWS Florida application for added unemployment benefits remains up in the air Florida still hasn’t applied for the state to receive further unemployment benefits Friday despite what Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday. We requested a copy of the application, but Florida Department of Economic Opportunity hasn’t provided it. The DEO told WINK News, “The Department is working on submitting our application to FEMA,” for the Lost Wages […]
LEE COUNTY What you need to know if your kids are riding the school bus this year in SWFL In one week, many of your children will board the big yellow bus once again, but this year will look much different. At the bus stop, if your student has to wait with others, school districts recommend that everyone wears a mask and stay six feet apart. Once they hop on board, chances are social […]
Florida’s unemployment rate continues to rise despite increase in jobs Florida’s unemployment rate grew overall in July and every county in our area felt the effects. But at the same time, we saw jobs grow. As we’re closing in on the end of August, July numbers can feel a little out of date. But if we look at the July unemployment rate, 11.3%, we can […]
FORT MYERS SWFL’s unemployed push for DeSantis to apply for additional lost wages assistance If you’re out of work, there’s no extra money on the way. You’ve heard the president ordered a new unemployment package, but Florida hasn’t even applied for it yet. Bonnie Armstrong is tired of waiting. “We’ve been out of this $600 now almost a month so that’s affecting a lot of people already,” she said. […]