Florida’s DeSantis cuts $1B to bring state budget to $116.5B, slightly less than the current plan
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a $116.5 billion budget in Tampa but did not immediately release the list of over $1 billion in vetoes, citing spending that was deemed inappropriate or duplicative.
- DeSantis highlighted reduced spending due to the end of federal COVID stimulus funds and previous tax cuts in the budget signing event.
- Despite spending an hour discussing the budget details, specifics of the nearly $1 billion in vetoes were omitted from DeSantis' announcement.
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Florida's DeSantis cuts $1B to bring state budget to $116.5B, slightly less than the current plan
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The state’s next budget will be slightly less than the current year’s after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed about $1 billion to bring the spending plan down to $116.5 billion. The budget provides 3% raises for state employees and sets aside $1.5 billion that has to be used for teacher raises. The 16 pages of cuts ranged from as little as $10,500 for a county public works generator …

Florida's DeSantis cuts $1B to bring state budget to $116.5B, slightly less than the current plan
The state's next budget will be slightly less than the current year's after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed about $1 billion to bring the spending plan down to $116.5 billion.
Florida's DeSantis boasts about $116.5B state budget, doesn't detail what he vetoed
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spent more than an hour talking about what is in the $116.5 billion he signed Monday, but he left out the most important part of the announcement: What was in the nearly $1 billion he vetoed. The Legislature passed a state budget more than three months ago, and DeSantis has spent weeks talking about what items he wouldn’t veto. But in a ceremony held in Tampa, about a four-hour drive from the Ca…
Gov. DeSantis vetoes nearly $1B before signing $116.5B budget
Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed Florida’s budget (HB 5001), but slashed $900 million of spending in the process, trimming the spending plan to about $116.5 billion, or about $1 billion less than the current year. DeSantis boasted about the reduction in spending, helped by the end of federal stimulus money from the COVID era, and the tax cuts he already signed (HB 7073). Besides the main budget, though, DeSantis has already signed other measures tha…
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