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Government & Politics

Government & Politics

  • The number of Floridians who are eligible for WIC assistance has been steadily growing since 2020.
    Courtesy of No Kid Hungry
    At $7.03 billion, lawmakers fully funded a federal program that supports new mothers and babies. Policy experts had been anticipating a $1 billion funding shortfall.
  •  elipe Vasquez, 46, works to fill plant pots with soil while working at his farm on Friday, April 21, 2023, in Homestead, Fla. MATIAS J. OCNE

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/climate-change/article275696926.html#storylink=cpy
    Matias J. Ocner
    /
    The Miami Herald
    Florida’s agriculture industry hopes a newly passed bill that would limit local regulations on farmworker housing will bring in more non-immigrant foreign workers.