Sokoloff: Budget forums should dig deeper into issues

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz joins a growing list of politicians from both parties — almost exclusively men — who are defying the traditional response to controversy.

The state Health Department is once again citing a decades-old law that it has used numerous times to prevent greater public scrutiny of its coronavirus pandemic response.

The expiration of state benefits for many and the new federal stimulus law is creating fresh confusion and potential gaps in benefits for people desperate for help.