Florida's budget

Gov. Ron DeSantis, speaking at a Jacksonville assisted living facility, says the funding will help support Alzheimer’s research grants at institutions around the state.

The governor said the federal money had strings attached that made it unusable for the proposed emergency fund.

Along with addressing the federal pandemic relief funds, the Senate on Monday decided to go along with a House plan to not reimburse the Chiles Trust Fund for $300 million that was borrowed.

As Florida continues to recover from the depths of the recession, the state should have a budget surplus in the coming year, but it may not be big enough…