Florida Lawmakers Advance $112 Billion Budget, Heads to DeSantis

Florida lawmakers approved the state’s biggest-ever budget, a $112 billion plan that includes a gas-tax holiday, pay raises for workers and more spending than the governor’s proposal.

The budget, about 10% larger than the current year, spends about $12 billion more than the plan Governor Ron DeSantis proposed in December. DeSantis, a Republican with line-item veto authority, ultimately has final say over how much spending is approved unless his vetoes are overturned by a two-thirds majority vote.

Ron DeSantis

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The budget includes money to boost the minimum wage for state workers to $15 an hour and a 5.38% pay bump to ...