Florida Legislature plans ceremonial session Tuesday even as COVID-19 crisis grows

Now, as lawmakers prepare to gather for an organizational session on Tuesday with swearing-in ceremonies and formal leadership votes, the state has seen about 900,000 cases, more than 17,000 deaths, a lockdown, and a reopening. The coronavirus crisis also has wrought widespread job losses, exposed a broken unemployment compensation system and led to an eviction moratorium that has kept many from being homeless but which expires at the end of the year.