Rep. Fentrice Driskell

State Sen. Lori Berman, D-Boynton Beach, and state Rep. Fentrice Driskell D-Tampa, sent a letter signed by every Democrat in the Florida Legislature on Tuesday to the governor urging him to step in and boost the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, previously known as food stamps.

Florida House Democrats in Tallahassee are demanding answers from the state Department of Children and Families over its role in handing over a foster child from Honduras to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. The boy, Henry, is a suspected undocumented immigrant.

Florida House Democrats chose Rep. Fentrice Driskell, of Tampa, as the caucus’s next leader. She is the first Black woman to hold the position.

Florida House Democrats are poised to select a new incoming leader on Tuesday, after a would-be leader dropped his re-election bid amid a controversy involving sexual harassment allegations.