American Rescue Plan

The federal government continues to withhold one-third of the state’s allocation, which amounts to $2.3 billion.

Community health centers in Florida will get $39.7 million in American Rescue Plan funds and part of it will go to clinics in the greater Tampa Bay region.

More Florida school boards vote to require masks as the state follows through with the threat to hold back funding. And, how the state changed reporting COVID-19 deaths.

It's part of a $250 million package Gov. Ron DeSantis announced will go to Florida's ports.

Advocates for poor, elderly and disabled individuals, who have been pressing the DeSantis administration to leverage the additional funding since spring, hailed the plan.

Federal education officials questioned state leaders about teacher bonuses and holding back COVID-19 relief funds from school districts.

The state wants a 30-day extension to consider the effects of using added funds from the American Rescue Plan for home- and community-based services.

Florida received about $35 million to advance transportation projects, $3.3 million of which went to St. Petersburg’s SunRunner Rapid Transit Bus.

Because of a legally required 72-hour “cooling off” period, the budget is required to be finalized and printed Tuesday for the annual legislative session to end on time Friday.

The Florida House's new plan includes going along with Senate on spending $100 million to clean up Piney Point in Manatee County; $300 million on a statewide wildlife corridor; and $2 billion to offset losses to the state transportation trust fund during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Legislative leaders reached agreement on more than $22 billion in school spending, including a bump in money for teacher salaries as well as $1,000 bonuses for teachers and principals.

In this interview, Karen Pollitz, a senior fellow at the Kaiser Family Foundation, explains provisions that make it easier for Floridians who lost their job to keep health insurance during the pandemic.