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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a COVID-19 testing site, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, outside Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. First responders and people over 65 years-old began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday during a trial run of the site which will open to seniors at a later date.

Ron DeSantis proposes Florida budget bigger than last year, defying pandemic

He proposed a $96.6 billion budget for the next fiscal year, billions more than the year before.

Florida has wasted 0.1 percent of coronavirus vaccines, health department says

Walgreens pharmacist Anette McClary portions a dose of the BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, while distributing the shots to residents and health care workers at Heron House Assisted Living in Largo.

The figure represents 3,344 doses of the 3 million shots Florida has gotten from the federal government, according to data from the CDC.

Florida nonprofit that paid CEO $574,000 pushes back on report

Mario Jardon, president and CEO of the Hialeah-based Citrus Health Network, made $574,660, which the state says includes $360,840 in excess compensation. The state says the agency also paid excessive compensation to two other executives at the community-based mental health center, for a total of $403,000 in excessive compensation. The company denies it.

According to the governor’s Chief Inspector Genera, Citrus Health was one of nine agencies that appear to be paying their executives more than the amount allowed by state law.

Ariana Grande among critics of Florida GOP’s anti-protest bill

Ariana Grande performs at the One Love Manchester tribute concert in Manchester, north western England, Sunday. One Love Manchester is raising money for those affected by the bombing at the end of Ariana Grande's concert in Manchester on May 22, 2017.

The bill would create tougher penalties for crimes that already exist simply because a person was part of a crowd, take a more aggressive approach to budgeting local police departments and create new...

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