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Wilton Simpson: Increased unemployment benefits effort is still alive
Wilton Simpson. Image vis Colin Hackley.
The Senate agreed to fund several of the House s job growth priorities Wednesday morning.
The Senate is still pushing for Florida to increase its weekly unemployment benefits by $100 despite opposition from the House and Gov.
Ron DeSantis.
The House on Monday rejected language to raise benefits to $375 per week. And on Friday, the Governor said the current level of unemployment benefits “
Wilton Simp
son, a Trilby Republican, on Wednesday told reporters he hasn’t given up hope on the matter.
“I do not believe the unemployment issue is off the table completely,” Simpson said.
WINTER HAVEN – Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law on Monday a sweeping bill that he says will increase punishment for people who violently riot, loot and destroy property, and punish cities that don’t protect lives and property and attempt to redirect funding for law enforcement.
But detractors say the law violates residents’ first-amendment rights to free speech and targets Black communities, which protested last summer following the death of an unarmed Black man, George Floyd, at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. DeSantis signed the bill on the day the jury in the trial of one of those officers was expected to receive the case.
Governor Ron DeSantis signs anti-rioting legislation
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Legislative leaders and law enforcement officials from across the state applaud the passage of House Bill 1 to prevent mob violence, support peaceful protest and stand with our law enforcement.
Winter Haven, Fla. – Today, during a press conference at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Governor Ron DeSantis was joined by legislative leadership and law enforcement officials from across the state to sign the “Combating Public Disorder Act” into law. The bill, HB 1, takes a robust approach to uphold the rule of law, stand with those serving in law enforcement and enforce Florida’s zero tolerance policy for violent and disorderly assemblies. The bill comes in the wake of ongoing violence, rioting and other forms of civil unrest throughout the United States over the last two years.
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