Renzo DowneyOctober 5, 2020
4min1764
In a recession year, Governors faced a dire economic test.
Tag: 2019-2020 state budget
Renzo DowneyOctober 5, 2020
Michael MolineAugust 16, 2018
3min265
Florida’s revenues appear steady for the immediate future, state economists concluded on Thursday. That means lawmakers can expect to have slightly more than $32 billion to spend when they write the state budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year. “It’s going to be a very stable picture for the Legislature, with no big changes,” said Amy […]
Michael MolineAugust 13, 2018
3min360
State economists on Monday found millions of extra dollars for the state’s public schools, but also a $29 million shortfall in takings from tobacco taxes and a landmark legal settlement with the tobacco companies. The Revenue Estimating Conference projected that $128.4 million would remain unspent at the end of this fiscal year within the Educational […]
Michael MolineJuly 24, 20182min174
State government’s self-insurance fund faces a $14 million shortfall during the 2019-2020 fiscal year, driven in part by the cost of repairing Hurricane Irma’s damage to state property and medical inflation. Florida’s Revenue Estimating Conference, comprising top state economists, arrived at the figure Monday. ”The Legislature’s going to have to address that,” said Amy Baker, […]