By Joel Malkin
Jan 13, 2021
State Rep. Anna Eskamani of Orlando calls it a disaster. We ve seen the CONNECT system continue to cause so much stress for everyday people, payments be delayed.forcing folks into economic straits.
She says the proposal would provide more oversight and establish a timeline for the state to rule on claims within 3 weeks.
West Palm Beach Democrat Senator Bobby Powell filed the companion bill in his chamber and is hopeful to get bipartisan support. I believe that we will be able to move the legislation, have some conversation centered on what has happened with unemployment. I remain cautiously optimist that if we can t pass the entire bill, we will definitely have pieces of it implemented.
The sweeping legislation, filed by lawmakers from Orlando and West Palm Beach, would bring more oversight to the Dept. of Economic Opportunity and hike the maximum weekly benefits for jobless Floridians to $500.
By Mitch Perry Florida
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Florida Senate Democrats blasted Attorney General Ashley Moody on Thursday for intervening in a lawsuit that seeks to delay the certification of the presidential electors in four battleground states that President Trump lost.
What You Need To Know
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed an amicus brief on President Trump’s behalf
It’s for a lawsuit filed in Texas
Trump is holding out hope that the Supreme Court will grant him another term
Moody is one of 17 Republican attorneys general who are backing the case that was filed earlier this week in Texas. It’s calling on the Supreme Court to back the president in his latest legal campaign to reverse the results of the presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated Trump by more than seven million votes and 74 electoral votes. She tweeted out her statement, announcing she had filed an amicu
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