Wire ServicesJanuary 16, 2021
2min423
'We do not build our budget based on assumptions as to what Congress may or may not do.'
Tag: House Appropriations
Wire ServicesJanuary 16, 2021
Ana CeballosMarch 28, 2019
7min369
“I think one or two deaths or suicides is one too many, but we are throwing a lot of resources (into mental health)."
Danny McAuliffeJanuary 8, 2019
4min255
A possible economic contraction and anticipated needs for new money could result in lawmakers acting more conservatively as they forge the state’s nearly $90 billion spending plan. Chief legislative economist Amy Baker gave a bittersweet update to state House budget committee members on Tuesday. Florida’s economic indicators are healthy, with some even better than pre-recession levels, […]
Ana CeballosDecember 5, 2017
2min223
As Florida House members work to roll out their budget, the chairman of that chamber’s budget committee said Tuesday they are aiming for a simpler version of the massive $87 billion budget Gov. Rick Scott has proposed. “Our goal is to pass a balanced budget — I don’t want to say one that is more […]
Danny McAuliffeOctober 6, 2017
3min213
In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson, along with 26 U.S. representatives from Florida, submitted Friday a line-item list of budget requests totaling $26.945 billion worth of federal hurricane recovery funding. In a letter penned to members of the House Committee on Appropriations, nearly the entire Florida […]
Staff ReportsApril 25, 2017
5min381
With 10 days until the scheduled end of the 2017 Legislative Session and no allocations on the desk, it’s fair to say things are getting a little heated in Tallahassee. Case in point: An exchange between Senate Appropriations Chairman Jack Latvala and House Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Larry Ahern on Twitter over the House’s […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 18, 2017
5min547
A House panel cleared the lower chamber’s medical marijuana implementing bill, despite continued concerns from advocates who said the measure doesn’t go far enough. The House Appropriations Committee approved a bill (HB 1397) by Majority Leader Ray Rodrigues that would implement the 2016 medical marijuana constitutional amendment. The proposal now heads to the Health & […]