DEO

With talks of a national infrastructure plan coming from the White House, Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has announced his own $30 million infrastructure plan for rural Florida communities. Through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), and Enterprise Florida Inc. (EFI), grants have been awarded totaling more than $30 million to improve not only infrastructure […]

Florida’s unemployment system is broken, but a new bill (HB 1463) sponsored by Rep. Chip LaMarca would overhaul the embattled process run by the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), updating the antiquated system to a cloud-based system and streamline claims and accountability.

“Over a million Floridians have filed for unemployment since the onset of the pandemic and the majority are still not seeing benefits or getting answers.”