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The colossal package allocates money for COVID-19 vaccines, small businesses and anti-poverty programs like the child tax credit. Here are the highlights of the bill President Biden signed Thursday.

COVID-19 will be top of mind as the Florida Legislature begins its 2021 session. These will be the main topics they'll address.

The Senate will debate a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill and aim to pass it using a process that avoids a Republican filibuster. A battle over efforts to raise the minimum wage still splits Democrats.

More than half of workers surveyed said they were reluctant to enforce COVID-19 safety measures with customers from whom they would receive tips, according to the One Fair Wage study.

Amendment 2, which will raise Florida’s minimum wage to $10/hour in 2021 and to $15/hour in five years, was approved by 61% of voters.

The minimum wage will be phased in through 2026. It passed the 60 percent threshold needed to pass.

Here is how Florida voted on the ballot amendments during the 2020 general election.

While the polls from Saint Leo University and the University of North Florida report similar findings, poll directors are offering differing opinions on if Amendment 2 will gain the support it needs to pass.

Joe Gruters and Chris Sprowls, both legislators from the greater Tampa Bay region, say the increase would have dire consequences on local businesses.

Voters will get to decide whether to raise Florida's minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Minimum-wage workers in Florida will receive a small pay increase with the start of the new year.

A series of polls from the St. Leo University Polling Institute shows Floridians deeply divided on some of the major issues that the state will face in…