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Programs like Broward's transportation surtax and climate change mitigation efforts are under scrutiny from the state task force as their audit gets underway.

On "The Florida Roundup," Mayor Harvey Ward said the city will work with the state in providing the information needed for an audit. However, he can't seem to figure out how the state arrived at the numbers.

Newly appointed State CFO and FL DOGE will conduct on-site audits of local governments throughout the state. DeSantis has long criticized what he calls Broward County's "massive" budget increases.

A vital lifeline for homebound seniors in North Miami and nearby areas is now in jeopardy as a local social services agency faces another sudden funding cut. The move threatens to leave elderly residents hungry, isolated, and without the essential care they depend on to survive.

A Miami city leader wants the state's government efficiency task force to look into alleged overspending on contracted employees from outside firms.

The nonprofit's Save Florida's Stories campaign hopes to raise $300,000 by September.

The Trump Administration announced sweeping cuts to federal grant funding through the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Organizations in South Florida like the Miami Music Project, which provides free music education and development programming to under-resourced children, received emails that their funding would be cut.

Spencer Goidel, a federal worker in Boca Raton with autism, knew what he could be losing when he got laid off from his job as an equal employment opportunity specialist at the IRS. Layoffs of disabled workers across the federal government are raising questions about its commitment to inclusion.

May Day protests planned for Thursday in South Florida and across the nation are aiming at scolding President Donald Trump for his administration's deportation policies, massive layoffs of federal worker and drastic funding cuts to scores of federal government programs.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture canceled two food programs earlier this year that would have provided $1 billion in funding. The budget cuts are part of the federal initiative to reduce government spending.

Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), along with congressional Republicans, must cease their “illegal assault” on the nation’s Social Security program.

A new poll for MediaLab@FAU shows more support for Gov. DeSantis’ state-level government efficiency department than for Elon Musk’s federal version. Musk told investors this week that he will soon step back from his role overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).