Florida Business News

• New filings for unemployment fall in Florida again—but continue to climb in the rest of the U.S.

  For the week ending July 25, Florida workers filed 87,062 new claims for unemployment, down from 108,976 the week prior. Nationally, new claims climbed by 12,000 to 1,434,000.

• DeSantis backs Florida mail-in voting

  Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he supports Florida’s mail-in voting system but declined to address President Trump’s tweet suggesting a delay in the election because of his concern about voter fraud.

• Hurricane Isaias forms in Caribbean Sea and is still headed to South Florida

  The National Hurricane Center announced in a midnight bulletin that Tropical Storm Isaias had reached hurricane strength in the Caribbean Sea, becoming the second hurricane of the Atlantic storm season.

• Florida fisheries wait for federal aid as prices take a deep dive

  Federal officials defended the delay in releasing $300 million on fisheries assistance funding, including $23.4 million for Florida, saying the pandemic has set them behind in analyzing data to determine how much each fishery is due.

• Airlines setting stage for Florida layoffs

  Airlines whose businesses have been battered by COVID-19 are setting the stage to lay off workers in Florida this fall, with United Airlines being the first to signal hundreds of firings in the state starting in October.

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