Federal Funding

The White House is pausing federal grants and loans starting on Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending.Democratic Senators are describing panicked calls coming overnight from communities back home afraid of what will happen to programs for children, seniors, public works and disease research as the Trump administration pauses federal funding for review.

Projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that was signed in November 2021 are beginning to come to fruition, nationally and in Florida.

Disaster-recovery projects in Florida and other states could be affected by the looming federal-government shutdown, the White House said Thursday.

The Lee Board of County Commissioners will hold a special meeting May 26 to reallocate American Rescue Plan Act funding for eligible projects.The meeting will be at at 10 a.m. at the Old Courthouse, 2120 Main St., Fort Myers.

Around one million dollars for homeless people waits for local governments’ approval. Collier County agencies for the homeless criticize local governments for what they say is a delay in releasing those funds to help those who lost their homes in Hurricane Ian.

A new study from the School of Education at Florida Southwestern State College calculates the costs of getting three- and four-year old students prepared…

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