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They Need Your Love On YouTube To Share Their Love With Family Far Away

By putting an end to travel and gatherings of people, the coronavirus has stopped not only businesses and conferences but also important personal events. Like weddings.

Getting Through The State Unemployment System: 'Virtual' Career Fairs In The Time Of Coronavirus

Unemployment claims in Florida surged to 227,000 for the week ending March 28, according to the latest statistics on Thursday from the U.S. Department of Labor. For many of the people who've lost jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic, getting through the state's unemployment system hasn't just been difficult, it's felt impossible.

Social Distancing Applies To Funerals, Too, During Coronavirus Pandemic

Our new social distancing society is important for all of our safety during the coronavirus outbreak, but it obviously makes a lot of little things we're used to in our daily lives harder. It also makes big things harder: birthday parties, weddings and … Funerals.

Food Banks Are Feeling The Pressure Amid The Coronavirus Crisis

The coronavirus pandemic and the strain this crisis is having on the job market and the nation’s food supply chain is putting a lot of pressure on local food banks.

Audits Repeatedly Warned Florida Unemployment System Needed Fixing

In the wake of the coronavirus, Florida’s troubled unemployment office has been crippled by a barrage of applications that topped 317,000 applications in just the last 10 days. Those problems did not come without warnings.