Wednesday's Daily Pulse | 3/17/2021 $1,000 checks for first responders and other ways Florida’s governor wants to spend federal stimulus money Gov. Ron DeSantis expects that the Sunshine State will receive between $9 billion and $10 billion from the American Rescue Plan, which he said is less than he would have liked. “Florida’s policies have been more effective and yet with the advent of the federal stimulus bill, we are getting comparatively less money than our population because our unemployment is lower and a lot of those states that have much higher unemployment are getting much, much -- billions and billions of dollars more,” DeSantis said [Source: WKMG]