Last year, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a strict immigration law making it harder to hire undocumented workers.

But like much of the country, Florida is dealing with a tight labor market and some employers are struggling to find workers.

NPR's Jasmine Garsd reports on how the law is affecting the state's economy, from construction sites, to strawberry fields.

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Nearly three years into the pandemic, travel has returned but hotel staff have not. Unable to find workers, hotel owners and managers are having to adapt to what they believe is the new normal.

The pandemic has overwhelmed understaffed state Medicaid agencies, and as Biden's COVID-19 public health emergency declaration ends, low-income people could find it even harder to get coverage.

Fears of contracting Covid-19 at work have made the caregiver staffing problem worse. Persistent low pay amid a tight U.S. labor market makes it that much harder to attract workers.

Average wages for nonmanagers at restaurants and bars hit $15 an hour in May, but many say no amount of pay would get them to return. They are leaving at the highest rate in decades.

The number of job openings in the U.S. topped 9 million in May, according to Labor Department. The number of people quitting their jobs eased slightly from April but remains high.

Small businesses are struggling to find enough workers to keep pace with booming demand even as data showed 850,000 jobs created in June.