Attorneys in Broward County, Fla., have filed a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Department of Economic Opportunity seeking to have $300 a week federal unemployment benefits immediately restored.
In a complaint filed in Broward Circuit Court late Sunday on behalf of 10 unemployed Floridians, attorneys Gautier Kitchen, Marie Mattox and Scott Behren argue that DeSantis and DEO Secretary Dane Eagle did not have the authority to end the federal benefits in June.
The American Rescue Act extended those payments until Sept. 6, but Florida joined 25 other states, all but one with Republican governors, in ending the benefits early. DeSantis has argued the benefits discouraged Floridians from going back to work.
