New FDEM Chief Inherits Overdue Accounting for Florida Emergency Fund

New FDEM chief inherits overdue accounting for Florida emergency fund

Twelve Democratic lawmakers say a report detailing the fund’s balance, purchases and federal reimbursements is 41 days late.

Florida Democrats demand explanation for overdue emergency spending report

Florida Democrats are demanding Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration explain why a state-required report on emergency spending is 40 days late.

41 days and counting: Democrats demand report on Florida emergency spending

They want to know how emergency money has been spent, and why a state-mandated report is more than a month late.

Democrats demand info on emergency spending as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis administration drags feet

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Democrats are demanding the state’s emergency managers explain how they’ve spent nearly a billion dollars in disaster money and why they’re 41 days late on a new report detailing those tabs. “This is not a ...

Florida Lawmakers Press Emergency Management on Overdue Spending Report, 40 Days Past Statutory Deadline | Anna V. Eskamani for Florida

Bipartisan 2026 law required quarterly accounting of a fund that spent $566 million on immigration enforcement last year; Legislature has yet to receive it as hurricane season peaks ORLANDO, Fla. — A group of Democratic Florida lawmakers this week sent a letter to Jared Perdue, the new executive director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, requesting the quarterly report on the state’s Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund that s…