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Each week Melissa Ross of WJCT and Tom Hudson of WLRN in Miami, along with a panel of journalists from around the state, discuss the week in Florida news in The Florida Roundup Statewide edition.
• Due to a spike in new coronavirus infections and hospitalizations this week, many cities and counties in Florida are now requiring face coverings in public.
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• Coronavirus cases are surging in Florida, with more than 89,000 cases and 3,104 reported at the time of this story’s publication.
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• President Trump will now accept the Republican presidential nomination in Jacksonville in August.
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• People took to the streets across Florida this week – from Pensacola to Key West – marching against police violence and for racial justice.
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• President Donald Trump is threatening to move the Republican National Convention out of Charlotte this summer unless North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper can assure “full attendance” will be allowed. Cooper has said North Carolina is guided by public health and nothing else.
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• The U.S. Department of Labor reported Friday that Florida’s unemployment rate in April was 12.9%, higher than during the Great Recession.
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• Some areas of Florida, such as Miami, are just beginning to reopen parts of their economy, while others, like Jacksonville, are planning to expand their reopening. Ron DeSantis announced Friday in Jacksonville that restaurants, stores, and museums can ramp up to operating at 50 percent capacity. Gyms can reopen Monday.
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