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A $117.46 billion budget that state lawmakers approved last week includes big-ticket items such as a 3 percent pay raise for state employees, a $240 bump in per-student school funding, $13.99 billion for transportation projects, and $702 million for Everglades restoration.
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When Florida lawmakers went home after ending the 2024 legislative session Friday, they left behind hundreds of bills that did not pass. Here are snapshots of 10 issues that died during the session.
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Decades later, survivors known as “The White House Boys” still struggle when recalling the mental, physical and sexual abuse they endured while in the state’s care at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna.
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The Florida Senate is proposing a 2024-25 state budget of $115.9 billion, slightly more than the House spending plan.
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With differences on issues such as funding prisons, a health-care plan and home-hardening grants, Senate and House budget committees on Wednesday approved spending plans that top $115 billion.
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Florida lawmakers are championing hundreds of projects and seeking billions of dollars as they prepare for the start of the 2024 legislative session in January.
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Florida's 2023-24 budget included the largest ever appropriation for the University of West Florida. Project funding includes a new Science and Engineering research wing.
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UWF government relations director Rachel Witbracht has an update on the legislative session
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Sandra Averhart chats with UWF Director of Government Relations, Rachel Witbracht, about bills moving through the legislature.
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Florida lawmakers next week will start the annual 60-day legislative session. Here are 10 big issues to watch.