LOCKED SINCE FEBRUARY 27. REPORTER: LOUNICE BROWN HAS JUST ABOUT DEALT WITH IT ALL IN THE PANDEMIC, FIRST, SHE GOT COVID. THEN IT TOOK WEEKS TO GET UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF ...

In a surprise move, Florida's Department of Economic Opportunity announced Wednesday that it is hiring another company to assist with the floundering $63-million unemployment benefits website. That ...

Nearly 58,000 people were targeted in a data breach of Florida’s CONNECT website, the Florida Department of Economics has confirmed.The DEO said it learned of the data break on July 16 involving ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity said Tuesday its CONNECT reemployment website is suffering issues. Users who try to access the site are greeted with the message: ...

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity said workers have processed 100,000 paper applications for unemployment benefits. 100,000 paper applications for unemployment benefits have been ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — If you find you can't connect to the state's unemployment website or get in touch with the reemployment assistance center, you're not alone. And, there's a reason for it. The ...

Months of criticism over the Department of Economic Opportunity's CONNECT website has caused different agencies to point their fingers at others, all while many Floridians wait on their unemployment ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As Floridians seek to Rebound from the pandemic, the state will have a new chance to fix its broken unemployment system next year. Lawmakers return to the capitol in March for the ...