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In two weeks, a team from the government efficiency office created by Gov. Ron DeSantis will arrive in county offices to begin combing through financial records, regulations and policies to ferret out waste, according to a letter County Mayor Maria Marino received Thursday.

The House approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Planned Parenthood of South, East, and North Florida and Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida are now operating under one mantle. The move comes as the recently passed Big Beautiful Bill threatens clinics across the country.

What first looked like a veto by Gov. Ron DeSantis for money to buy land in the statewide wildlife corridor is actually a shifting of funds. The $200 million will be restored to help preserve sensitive lands.

Despite some bad environmental outcomes from this year's legislative session, advocates say, lawmakers still gave Floridians some things to celebrate.

But more money has been allocated in this year's state budget for a program that pays farmers and ranchers in the Florida Wildlife Corridor not to develop their land.

State economists on Wednesday increased general-revenue projections by a total of about $2 billion for the current fiscal year and next year, giving a boost to lawmakers as they start preparing to draw up a budget during the 2025 legislative session.

The House and Senate had approved an interim spending bill, which extends current funding until Dec. 16.

Harris says the U.S. government is partnering with groups in Miami-Dade on $50 million to protect low-lying neighborhoods from flooding caused by sea rise and hurricane storm surges.

The city was one of 33 sites nationwide to receive money from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund. It will go toward the Union Academy neighborhood.

Around 1 in 20 residents in Arkansas and Tennessee were missed during the 2020 census, and four other U.S. states had significant undercounts of their populations. In Florida and Texas, undercounts appear to have cost them congressional seats too.

The proliferation of accidents has led to a new $45 million plan to boost public safety. The two companies are teaming with the state of Florida to prevent crashes along the railroad corridor between Miami-Dade and Brevard counties.