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The $1.9 trillion-dollar America Rescue Plan – or ARP – has new incentives for states to expand their Medicaid programs. The federal government will pay nearly 100 percent of the expansion cost for two years, then 90 percent ever year, providing health insurance for 800,000 Floridians who now have none. Governor Ron DeSantis and state Republican leaders remain opposed, but economic analyst Dr. Hank Fishkind says Medicaid expansion would boost Florida’s economy.

The computer model that predicts the weather is getting more power. Climate change is upping the stakes for forecasters as extreme weather gets more common and residents demand earlier warnings.

Officials said one male suspect is in custody. The incident comes less than a week after a series of shootings in Atlanta.

Officials say a north Florida man has become the first to claim a $15-million top prize in the Florida Lottery’s new Billion Dollar Gold Rush Supreme scratch-off game.

Florida added 2,979 new COVID-19 cases, according to figures released Monday. In total 2,011,211 people have been infected with Coronavirus statewide. Florida passed the 2 million case mark last week.

For the second year, undergraduates in New York City are mostly sticking to campus. But there is plenty of gossip about classmates exploiting loopholes to get vaccinated in order to travel or party.

Orange County booked 7,000 COVID-19 vaccine appointments in 13 minutes after becoming the first county in Florida to open vaccine eligibility to all…

Almost a year after identity thieves made off with tens of billions of dollars in COVID-19 unemployment relief, the system remains vulnerable. And scammers are coming to light now during tax time.

Miami Beach officials are extending an emergency 8 p.m. curfew for at least another week.

He was 88 and she was 92 when they died March 1.