Florida to turn away $300 federal unemployment aid next month
At least 22 other states have said they will leave the program early.
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Many states are ending the $300 weekly extended unemployment benefits, arguing it discourages people from seeking work.
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TALLAHASSEE â Floridaâs unemployment agency announced Monday that it would stop jobless Floridians from receiving an additional $300 in weekly benefits next month.
The Department of Economic Opportunity announced the state would stop participating in the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program starting the week of June 27.
The program, which was set to run out in September, has been giving jobless Floridians an additional $300 in weekly benefits on top of eligible state benefits, which top out at $275 per week, one of the lowest rates in the nation.
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Some Florida conservatives donât like gambling. Are they being heard?
Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican leaders are often attuned to the concerns of conservative voters.
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Pastor Kevin Baird speaks to a crowd protesting gambling at the Florida Capitol during a special session centered around passing gambling legislation, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Tallahassee. [ STEVE CANNON | AP ]
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TALLAHASSEE â Mary Lib Stevenson and her husband, Alan Stevenson, are the kind of voters who wish the Florida Legislature were more conservative. Mary is the president of a Christian group that advocates for teaching creationism in schools, opposing gay marriage and fighting the expansion of legal gambling. Alan sits on the groupâs board.
Floridaâs new election law hit with third legal challenge
A lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court contends that the changes dealing with issues such as voting by mail could curtail voting by Black and Latino residents.
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A poll worker verifies a Vote-by-Mail ballot as a voter uses the official ballot drop box setup at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center polling station on October 19, 2020 in Miami. [ JOE RAEDLE | Getty Images North America ]
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TALLAHASSEE â Alleging discrimination against Black and Latino voters, a coalition of groups has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Florida elections law that includes additional restrictions on voting by mail.
Florida lawmakers ready to approve gambling laws but legal challenges await
If a court strikes down the provision opening the state to legalized sports betting, the Tribe has agreed to keep paying the state in order to continue its other new games â such as roulette and craps.
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TALLAHASSEE â A sweeping gambling deal that allows mobile sports betting anywhere in Florida neared completion Tuesday, but one big question remained: Is it legal?
On the second day of a week-long special session to ratify the agreement between the state and Seminole Tribe, a House committee and the full Senate voted to create a new state agency called the Gaming Control Commission and agreed to allow the Tribe to offer online sports betting as well as full casino games in exchange for at least $500 million a year in payments to the state for the next 30 years.
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