The city has identified roughly $250 million in projects needed through 2036, including aging infrastructure repairs, a wastewater plant expansion and upgrades to meet new federal drinking water standards. The proposal is expected to go before the DeLand City Commission on Monday.

A federal survey shows that, on average, U.S. households spent 12% of the family budget on food in 2024. For very-low-income households, it was 33%. And over the past year, as food costs continued to rise, a new federal law pushed hundreds of thousands of Floridians out of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, America’s food security safety net. This article from Central Florida Public Media looks at those issues. It also focuses on the congressional options one voter affected by food insecurity will have on this year’s General Election ballot.