Democrats Demand Info on Emergency Spending as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Administration Drags Feet

41 days and counting: Democrats demand report on Florida emergency spending

They want to know how emergency money has been spent, and why a state-mandated report is more than a month late.

Democrats demand info on emergency spending as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis administration drags feet

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Democrats are demanding the state’s emergency managers explain how they’ve spent nearly a billion dollars in disaster money and why they’re 41 days late on a new report detailing those tabs. “This is not a ...

Florida Lawmakers Press Emergency Management on Overdue Spending Report, 40 Days Past Statutory Deadline | Anna V. Eskamani for Florida

Bipartisan 2026 law required quarterly accounting of a fund that spent $566 million on immigration enforcement last year; Legislature has yet to receive it as hurricane season peaks ORLANDO, Fla. — A group of Democratic Florida lawmakers this week sent a letter to Jared Perdue, the new executive director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, requesting the quarterly report on the state’s Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund that s…