TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – State Rep. Dane Eagle was appointed as executive director of the state's employment agency on Wednesday, a little more than two weeks after barely losing a Republican primary for Congress in a heavily GOP district.Republican Florida Gov.
Ron DeSantis appointed Eagle two days after Ken Lawson announced he was resigning as head of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.The agency was widely criticized for long delays in paying out unemployment benefits after the economy tanked during the coronavirus pandemic.
Hundreds of thousands of people waited weeks — and sometimes months — for benefits from the glitch-ridden unemployment system after suddenly losing work amid the outbreak.Eagle, 37, is a real estate broker.