Capitol Update – Week Ending 05/22/2020

Capitol Update is a weekly review of state government. Topics this week include:

• Florida’s unemployment rate rises to nearly 13 percent as companies and elected officials make plans to reopen and restart more business and activities.
• The firing of a Department of Health coronavirus dashboard manager causes questions about the transparency of reported data.
• University trustees are working on details as they figure out how to safely reopen campuses for the fall semester.