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Michael MolineAugust 16, 2018

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 […]

Gary FineoutJune 7, 2017

An effort by Florida’s Republican leaders to put aside recent acrimony and reach a new budget deal was falling apart on the eve of a three-day special session. If legislators can’t reach an accord, Florida’s public schools could be in danger of losing billions for the upcoming school year. Legislators are scheduled to return to […]

Jim RosicaAugust 15, 2016

State economists began crunching the numbers Monday morning as they work up how much money the state will have to craft the next yearly budget. The Revenue Estimating Conference, made up of Governor’s Office and legislative forecasters, met to suss out income for the General Revenue Fund. Their prognosis is only 0.2 percent off the […]

Daniel TilsonJune 23, 2015

The tall, thin man stood surveying the inside of the giant warehouse full of forgotten, misbegotten and just plain old rotten rejects and has-beens. He stood frozen a few moments before looking up at countless 50-foot-high rows of hopelessly overloaded dark metal shelving and storage units as far as the eye could see. His head […]

Guest AuthorJune 15, 2015

One of the great advantages of the universe as well as one of its biggest problems is that everything is connected to something. From the forces that act on the tiniest subatomic particle to the most massive of planets, nothing works apart from everything. Nothing exists entirely within a vacuum, completely unaffected by anything around […]

Daniel TilsonFebruary 5, 2014

Gov. Rick Scott last week proposed a 2014-2015 Florida budget, even gave it a catchy name: “It’s Your Money Tax Cut Budget”! Calls to mind one of those infomercial pitchmen, working hard at selling some shiny new gadget guaranteed to make your life better… “Hi everybody, welcome to ‘It’s Your Money Tax Cut Budget’! I’m […]

Calm waters ahead for revenues, state budget outlook

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State economists start refining revenue estimate for 2017-18 budget

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Daniel Tilson: Rick Scott’s 2014-2015 budget pitch