Panel. I will introduce the moderator and she will introduce the panelist. I will introduce to you monica, monica is currently with a nationally known expert on Immigration Law and policy. I know monica from her time on the judiciary committee, the House Judiciary Committee. She focused on immigration and refugee issues. Also, i know monica for another reason. Her father was a refugee from uganda, resettled to new orleans by my organization. Without, monica thank you so much for being here. Thank you for putting on this wonderful event. As you said my father was resettled in 1972 so i have a personal connection. I worked very closely on refugee policy and i have been an immigrant space for a while it is wonderful to be here. Today we want to acknowledge our standup panel and get more into this conversation about the lead up to the refugee act. I really want to take a look at how the refugee act is and take a step back at where we are today and see if there are any lessons we can learn
Among the budget items agreed upon is $20 million a year for 30 years to help finance a Moffitt Cancer Center expansion in Pasco County, and suspending state gas taxes in October.
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The daily rundown Between Monday and Tuesday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 7,179 (nearly 0.4 percent), to 1,918,100; active hospitalizations went down by 11 (nearly 0.3 percent), to 3,674; deaths rose by 136 (0.4 percent), to 31,135; 3,084,403 Floridians have had at least one dose of the vaccine.
They’re off The 2021 session got off and running Tuesday: In a slight deviation from norm, the three most powerful people in state government stuck to the script when outlining their priorities for the next 60 days. There were no opening day thunderbolts. But here were a few takeaways: