Maverick

Maverick

Two-time CMA Award nominee Maverick, broadcasts weekday mornings to Southwest Florida on 92.1CTQ.Full Bio

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$1,000 Bonuses are Coming This Summer to Florida First Responders

$1,000 Bonuses are Coming This Summer to Florida First Responders - including: Law-Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, Correctional Officers, and Emergency Medical Technicians.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis yesterday (5/5/21) said he expects distribution ā€œthroughout the summerā€ of $1,000 bonuses that will go to first responders across the state for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The bonuses, funded with federal stimulus money, are tied to a record $101.5 billion state budget (SB 2500) that lawmakers approved last week.

The Governor said… ā€œThe budget will need to be signed,ā€ and… ā€œWe’ll have to go through all the line items. It takes a little bit of time, there’s a lot of money at stake. But we will do that. And then once that budget is signed and the funds get released, we’re going to start getting these checks out.ā€

The money was part of budget talks, where Florida legislators set aside $208 million from the federal American Rescue Plan Act to provide money for state and local first responders, including law-enforcement officers, firefighters, correctional officers, and emergency medical technicians. All of whom, never quit working during the pandemic, while being on the front lines, working with the public – especially at the height of the pandemic, when PPE supply was low and so much was not known about the pandemic.

$1,000 Bonuses are Coming This Summer to Florida First Responders - including: Law-Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, Correctional Officers, and Emergency Medical Technicians.

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