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Florida lawmakers may weigh cutting unemployment taxes for businesses, putting workers at risk

Florida lawmakers may weigh cutting unemployment taxes for businesses, putting workers at risk

Much like they did during the recovery from the Great Recession, Florida lawmakers could soon face deciding whether to cut unemployment taxes — a move that would help struggling businesses but could also leave the state without enough money to get benefits to workers who’ve lost jobs.

This was the year for Central Florida to make headway on affordable housing. Then the virus hit. | Part 3 of Special Series

This was the year for Central Florida to make headway on affordable housing. Then the virus hit. | Part 3 of Special Series

“People were paying attention,” the Rev. Mary Lee Downey said of Central Florida’s affordable housing crisis and her project to build 225-unit complex for low-income families. “We were right on the cusp, planning to break ground in the fall. The money was going to be there, the excitement was going to be there, everything. And then the pandemic hit. And everything stopped.”