Funding cuts to youth jobs program leads to 120 layoffs in St. Pete

Pinellas County Job Corps Center at 500 22nd St., St. Petersburg.
Pinellas County Job Corps Center at 500 22nd St., St. Petersburg.
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Nearly 120 people are being laid off from a jobs center in St. Petersburg, with the facility blaming the Trump administration’s decision to cut the program's funding.

 

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