Renzo DowneySeptember 3, 2021
6min2698
Legislative leaders credit reopening and prudent budgeting for the current situation.
Tag: Joint Legislative Budget Commission
Renzo DowneySeptember 3, 2021
Christine Jordan SextonOctober 17, 2020
5min739
Some Florida Medicaid providers may be asked to do more with less.
Renzo DowneySeptember 10, 2020
9min914
The COVID-19 pandemic will carry a lasting effect through the next several years.
Wire ServicesSeptember 7, 2020
1min463
The state is grappling with reduced tax dollars from the coronavirus pandemic.
Noah PranskySeptember 12, 2019
6min2270
Florida saw infections soar after $54 million for medicine rejected.
Danny McAuliffeJanuary 24, 2019
3min322
More money is on its way to the scholarship program.
Staff ReportsJanuary 21, 2019
2min529
Scholarship participation higher than anticipated
Michael MolineSeptember 14, 2018
5min627
A leading Senate budget writer claimed vindication Friday in a lingering dispute with House leaders over whether to allow local school boards to capture all of the value of rising property values when setting local tax rates. Rob Bradley, co-chair of the Joint Legislative Budget Commission, underscored the point during a presentation on the state’s three-year fiscal […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2018
3min418
As Gov. Rick Scott continues to stump for Senate, his influence over policy in the state capital appears to be waning. The latest example of such: incoming Senate President Bill Galvano and the Joint Legislative Budget Commission snubbing Scott’s request to move $58 million from the state’s school safety “guardian program” to hire more campus police officers. “We are less […]
Michael MolineSeptember 4, 2018
4min303
A rules change to help Visit Florida comply with legislatively mandated reporting requirements for big contracts will be ready for the organization’s board of directors next week. State law requires Visit Florida to submit contracts in excess of $750,000 to the Joint Legislative Budget Commission. If the commission’s chair and vice chair — or the Senate […]