CARES ACT

This post will be updated today, Tuesday, Dec. 8, and through the week with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida.

The clock has been ticking for months on whether or not Congress will find a compromise on another round of federal government stimulus spending, and whether or not local governments could see some direct help.

This post will be updated today, Thursday, Oct. 8, and through the week with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rolled out a targeted coronavirus aid plan amid stalled negotiations on a broader deal. Democrats oppose the bill and it's unlikely to advance.

The White House created a rule that denies pandemic economic relief to U.S. citizens married to non-citizens. They're now hoping Sen. Marco Rubio can break it.

Miami-Dade is nearly tripling a planned allocation of federal CARES Act money for local cities in an effort to defuse a public, bitter fight over the…

As negotiations stall on a fifth coronavirus pandemic relief bill, Sen. Rick Scott says it would be a mistake not to get something passed.

Miami-Dade cities may sue for a larger share of a $474 million pool of federal COVID relief dollars that county commissioners have been racing to allocate…

The 1.7 million Floridians who've been receiving federal unemployment benefits through the CARES ACT will get their last check this weekend. The Senate is…

An extra unemployment payment from the federal government is set to expire next week.Out-of-work Americans have been receiving an extra $600 per week to…

TALLAHASSEE --- More than two months after Florida received the money, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that the state will start to release nearly…

Broward County commissioners voted unanimously to accept the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Fund in today’s meeting.The…