Mayor Jane Castor and US Rep. Kathy Castor announce COVID relief funds heading to Tampa

US Rep. Kathy Castor, Mayor Jane Castor and Hillsborough County Commissioner Gwen Myers announce $366 million in American Rescue Plan funds headed to Tampa.
The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan outlines money for both state and local governments, and the preliminary report allocates $10.23 billion to Florida's state government. Gov. Ron DeSantis has outlined plans for some of that money.
Some funds will be put toward projects that were held back when revenue dropped.

"For example, we're going to make sure that our infrastructure our Highway Program is is full speed ahead," said DeSantis during a news conference in Naples on Wednesday.

The governor also said that the state's flawed unemployment system will get an upgrade as well, "So it's about $73 million to be able to modernize that and deal with some of the problems that we've seen. So I think that that'll get done.”

But not all money will go towards projects. DeSantis wants to reward certain frontline workers, “We are proposing a $1,000 bonus for all EMTs, sworn police officers, law enforcement and firefighters because they've had to do a lot over the past a year.”

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Nice we could receive our stimulus. Nobody in my family has received it yet.

[tamarakurfiss]

It’s be nice if we could get our $1400 stimulus. Nobody in my family has received it yet.