Legislative Democrats urge DeSantis to declare emergency, fill food pantries

‘We are days away from a full-blown hunger emergency that will leave families without food during the holiday season.’

By Christine Sexton

Florida Phoenix

Florida Democrats in the Legislature are imploring Gov. Ron DeSantis to declare a state of emergency and use state money to buy food and direct it to food pantries as nearly 3 million people lose access to a federal food assistance program.

Led by Senate Democratic Leader Lori Berman, D-Boynton Beach, and her House count…