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Ryan RayJune 23, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott vetoed more than $461 million in state spending Tuesday morning, or about 6 percent of all appropriations in the 2015-2016 budget, in his second-greatest spilling of red ink over line items since his first General Appropriations Act in office when he nixed about $615 million from 2011’s $70 million budget. Not on the […]

Ryan RayJune 12, 2015

As legislative budget chairs powwow to finalize the budget, unresolved items in the state’s general government budget silo have left the door open for a move by holders of a large state contract to tip the scales in favor of its renewal down the road. A state panel under the Department of Management Services recommended a […]

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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. 11/19/24-Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, talks with the media after organizational session, Tuesday at the Capitol in Tallahassee. COLIN HACKLEY PHOTO

State law enforcement radio money spared Gov. Rick Scott’s veto ax

“Back-door extension” of state radios contract at issue in budget talks