Gov. Ron DeSantis

Dane Eagle, executive director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, said many people are taking advantage of $275 a week in Florida benefits and $300 in federal assistance. It's especially affecting the restaurant industry.

More than 1,000 gas stations in the Southeast reported running out of fuel, primarily attributed to unwarranted panic-buying among drivers.

Among other things, it strips away current restrictions, such as a requirement of previous enrollment in public schools before students can receive vouchers.

School districts across the state can still decide whether face masks will be required following Gov. Ron DeSantis' executive order. Some have already made that determination.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill about a month after a panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal upheld the 2011 law that threatens penalties if cities and counties approve gun regulations.

Among other things, the bill, which will take effect Oct. 1, will raise the state’s legal age to vape and smoke tobacco to 21, a threshold already established in federal law.

CEO Frank Del Rio made the threat during an earnings call Thursday, just days after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill that forbids so-called vaccine "passports."

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried says DeSantis is using Fox News as a state news source.

The latest round of funding will largely fund new storm- and waste-water infrastructure.

"Once that budget is signed and the funds get released, we're going to start getting these checks out," the governor said.

A coalition of opponents contend that the bill violates First Amendment rights and would place an "undue burden on the right to vote."

Democrats have supported fully funding the affordable housing trust fund, while the GOP-controlled legislature has a nearly decade-long record of spending a portion of those monies elsewhere.