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Florida taxpayers pay up: June special session cost $651,000

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Florida’s budget stalemate cost taxpayers more than $651,000. That’s how much the Florida Legislature spent to hold a June special session to pass a new budget. Legislators were forced to hold a special session because the House and Senate had a bitter disagreement over health care spending during the regular session held in the spring. The House abruptly adjourned three and a half days early due to the standoff. The June special session is the most expensive special session in…

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