Gray RohrerFebruary 7, 2022
5min0
Federal funding helped push the proposed spending plan to $108.6 billion, more than $7 billion higher than the current year.
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Gray RohrerFebruary 7, 2022Gray RohrerFebruary 5, 20225min0
Federal funding helped push the proposed spending plan to $108.6 billion, more than $7 billion higher than the current year.
Jason DelgadoJune 29, 2020
4min2264
Amid the roughly $1 billion worth of cuts made Monday, proposed pay raises for state employees went untouched during Gov. Ron DeSantis‘s historic budget slash. “We were able to make the numbers work,” DeSantis said. “A lot of people have worked very hard over these last three or four months. I know many of our […]
Renzo DowneyFebruary 3, 2020
7min1677
The Senate wants 3% across the board, the House wants $1,800 for the majority of workers.
Renzo DowneyJanuary 8, 2020
6min782
Recent offers from state haven't included any response to union's demand for a pay increase.
A.G. GancarskiDecember 3, 2019
Staff ReportsOctober 8, 2018
2min253
Gov. Rick Scott has ordered state offices closed in the 35 counties covered by his emergency declaration for Hurricane Michael. The office closure was to run from Tuesday through Thursday. Scott announced the move Monday, via his Twitter feed. Also on Monday, Scott asked President Donald Trump to declare a federal pre-landfall state of emergency. That […]
Staff ReportsApril 27, 2017
2min308
State workers could get a raise under a proposed budget deal being hashed out by state lawmakers, but it could come at a cost. The $82.9 billion budget deal is expected to provide an across-the-board raise for state workers — their first in about nine years, according to Appropriations Chairman Jack Latvala, for whom the […]
Michael MolineMarch 29, 2017
4min317
A proposal that could decertify public employee union chapters across Florida moved closer to a final House vote Wednesday, as its sponsor denied it was “union busting.” Sponsor Scott Plakon, a Republican business owner from Longwood, argued his bill was about transparency and democratic principles. “This empowers the majority who may not be paying dues,” […]
Michael MolineFebruary 15, 2017
4min306
State attorneys and public defenders face off in court, but they agreed on one thing during a meeting Wednesday of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice: Their staff attorneys need pay raises. Trouble is, committee chairman Aaron Bean isn’t convinced there’ll be enough money to pay for that, as much as he sympathizes. […]