Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed the state's 2024-2025 budget into law. The budget, named 'Focus on Florida's Future,' includes significant investments in education, transportation, and healthcare. The total budget amounts to $116.5 billion, with DeSantis issuing line-item vetoes totaling nearly $1 billion. Despite the cuts, the budget maintains a $17 billion surplus and aligns with last year's spending levels. DeSantis announced the signing during a noon press conference in Tampa.
.@GovRonDeSantis vetoes nearly $1B before signing $116.5B budget Reporting by @GrayRohrer https://t.co/ggdiGH3IOd #FlaPol
After removing the duly elected state attorneys in both Hillshorough and Orange-Osceola counties, Gov. DeSantis is suggesting that he’ll meddle to influence the outcomes of those races. Gov. DeSantis: Your authoritarian tendencies are showing. https://t.co/4uiaWYJZEy
After removing the duly elected state attorneys in both Hillshorough and Orange-Osceola counties, Gov. DeSantis is suggesting that he’ll meddle to influence the outcome of those races. https://t.co/4uiaWYJZEy
JUST IN: Gov. Ron DeSantis officially signs 2024-2025 budget, which includes less overall spending from last year, a $17B surplus and continued key investments in education, transportation, health care and other categories https://t.co/iaZ6Yqvjdv
Governor DeSantis Signs the 2024-2025 "Focus on Florida's Future" Budget https://t.co/viOYu1nMte
.@GovRonDeSantis will line item veto nearly $1B from budget, keeping this year’s budget’s overall number in line with last year’s, per source. https://t.co/ZbZmCAy8ZF
Florida @GovRonDeSantis is holding a noon press conference in Tampa where he is expected to sign the new state budget into law & issue his much-anticipated vetoes ....
Good morning. Look for @GovRonDeSantis to sign the state’s 2024-25 budget into law. Probably late today. He’ll also issue line-item vetoes. #FlaPol https://t.co/jEfumSHZe2