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Lawsuit challenges unemployment money halt in Florida Published:  File photo TALLAHASSEE – Broward County residents struggling financially because of the COVID-19 pandemic have filed a lawsuit challenging a decision by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to cut off federal unemployment money for Floridians. The lawsuit, filed Sunday in Broward County circuit court, contends that the DeSantis administration violated state law last month when it stopped providing $300 a week in federal assistance to jobless people. The money, approved by Congress as part of COVID-19 relief efforts, came on t...

Unemployed Floridians sue state to reinstate federal jobless benefits Jordan Bowen reports TAMPA, Fla. - Governor Ron DeSantis is facing legal action after ending federal unemployment benefits last month. A group of jobless Floridians is now suing the state to have the $300 per week in benefits reinstated.  The 15-page lawsuit demands the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity and the governor reinstate federal unemployment benefits. "There's a lot of upset people that are really in need of this money and have nowhere to turn," attorney Scott Behren said. The lawsuit, filed in Broward Co...

Similar lawsuits have been filed in states like Indiana, Maryland, Ohio and Texas. Author: Josslyn Howard Updated: 11:11 PM EDT July 21, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A lawsuit is in the works to sue state officials for cutting off federal unemployment benefits early. The $300 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance payments were discontinued in June, leaving unemployed Floridians living off a maximum of $275 per week. Those $300 FPUC payments came from the CARES Act, and the legislation allowed those payments to last through September. Florida, along with more ...