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	Podcast:		Capital Report
	Episode:		Capital Report: 04-03-2020
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:28:58
	Publish Date:		2020-04-03 17:10:56
	Description:		Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Department of Economic Opportunity Secretary Ken Lawson say fixes to the state’s broken unemployment system are in progress. The two are both apologizing to Floridians for the website crashes and long wait times that have made it extremely difficult for people to apply for benefits. Blaise Gainey has the story. By executive order, Governor DeSantis is recruiting personnel from the state’s local workforce boards to help process paper unemployment application forms. Tom Flanigan spoke about that with Michelle Dennard, president and CEO of Career Source Florida. The global pandemic is causing major damage to the Florida economy in the form of business closings, and millions of people either laid off or forced to work from home. But the full effects are not yet clear. Steve Bousquet reports state Senate President Bill Galvano says he doesn’t think the Legislature has to return to Tallahassee before the end of the fiscal year on June 30. Florida’s hospitals
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