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May 21, 2020

A Central Florida congressman is pushing to extend federal unemployment benefits until January.

I-Team Investigator Kylie McGivern found Florida delayed distributing $600 federal unemployment checks that many are still waiting on.


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May 19, 2020

The manager of Florida's COVID-19 dashboard, which provides detailed information on cases of the highly contagious disease, says she was removed from her job after objecting to an order to "censor" coronavirus data.


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May 18, 2020

Congressman Darren Soto, D-Orlando, held a conference with local businesses about the application process for the Paycheck Protection Program.


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May 17, 2020

Congressman Darren Soto presented proclamations of achievement to Madison Gorby and Jazmin Patel at the May 7 Woman's Club of Winter Haven Awards Zoom presentation while Winter Haven Mayor Brad Dantzler congratulated the two scholarship recipients.


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May 13, 2020

WINTER HAVEN -- Central Florida Health Care Inc. has received $2,612,140 in grants from the U.S. Department of Health Resources and Services Administration.


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May 7, 2020

Two dozen members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus hosted a virtual floor debate on state and local funding Thursday, hoping to illustrate that the House can conduct official proceedings remotely. But the experimental session was not without a few technological hiccups.


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May 6, 2020

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A week after Action 9 exposed how a federal program allowing struggling homeowners to skip mortgage payments could be high risk, a local congressman is proposing reforms to protect them.


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May 2, 2020

On Tuesday, a letter from eleven Members of Congress to the Secretary of the Treasury was made public that urged Secretary Mnuchin to consider the use of blockchain technology to help in providing COVID-19 stimulus checks to Americans. With the high-profile nature of suggesting the U.S.


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May 1, 2020

WASHINGTON—Lawmakers are considering ways to provide more relief for millions of homeowners who have taken advantage of a government offer to suspend mortgage payments amid the coronavirus pandemic.