[TRENDING: Can Trump run for president again? | New $1,400 stimulus checks? | Fla. begins COVID vaccine appointment system]Beshears’ agency oversees regulated industries such as gambling, alcohol and tobacco.
The agency also handles licensing and regulation for a wide range of professions, including barbers, cosmetologists and real estate agents.Beshears, a Republican from Monticello, was elected to the House in 2012 and was among DeSantis’ first agency-head selections after the governor was elected in 2018.When he announced Beshears’ appointment, DeSantis called him a “champion for deregulation.”“I am proud to have worked under your leadership to remove barriers to employment and increase opportunity for Floridians.