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		<title>Florida budget includes $654K to enhance security at Jewish day schools</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2017 09:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anti-Defamation League]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Florida is taking extra steps to boost security at Jewish day schools across the state. Lawmakers tucked $654,000 into the fiscal 2017-18 budget, signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott law week, for security funding for Jewish day schools throughout Florida. The request for funding came after a string of bomb threats against Jewish institutions across the country earlier this year. “There has recently been a dramatic rise in the threats against Jewish day schools and I was proud to&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Denise Grimsley, Kelli Stargel ask Joe Negron to support veto overrides of 2 budget line items</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff Reports]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 19:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Denise Grimsley]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Two senators have asked Senate President Joe Negron to support expanding the call for a special session to override two line-item vetoes. Sens. Denise Grimsley and Kelli Stargel sent a letter to Negron on Wednesday asking for his “assistant and support in expanding the call for Special Session 2017-A to include the veto override of two budget line items.” Grimsley and Stargel have asked for Negron’s support to override Gov. Rick Scott’s veto of $3 million for Polk State College&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida colleges to Rick Scott: &#8216;Urge legislative leaders to restore our cuts&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 15:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As state lawmakers head back to Tallahassee for a special session this week, the Florida College System is are asking Gov. Rick Scott to reconsider millions upon millions of cuts to their base budgets. Thomas LoBasso, the president of Daytona State College and the chairman of the Council of Presidents, sent a letter to Scott asking the governor to “reconsider the proposed Florida College System budget, which includes $30.2 million in recurring base cuts to one of Florida’ most critical&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida taxpayers, entrepreneurs winners in new budget deal, says Americans for Prosperity</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Schorsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2017 16:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Florida taxpayers will be the true winners next week as lawmakers return to Tallahassee for a special session on economic incentives and education funding in the state’s budget, says Americans for Prosperity-Florida. The conservative government watchdog group is applauding Friday’s announcement by House Speaker Richard Corcoran, Senate President Joe Negron, and Gov. Rick Scott that they will be meeting for a Special Session to reconcile the state’s nearly $84 billion budget. As reported by FloridaPolitics.com, Scott called on the Legislature&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Senate sends $82.4 billion budget to Rick Scott</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2017 17:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The budget is on the governor’s desk. Senate President Joe Negron sent 13 bills, including the 2017-18 spending plan, to Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday. Scott now has until June 15 to act on the $82.4 billion spending plan, but exactly how he plans to proceed remains unclear. The Naples Republican has been tight-lipped on his plans for the budget, telling reporters in Fort Myers on Tuesday he can veto the entire budget, a portion of the budget, or veto&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Rick Scott says lawmakers inability to finish budget on time &#8216;doesn&#8217;t make any sense&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://saintpetersblog.com/rick-scott-says-lawmakers-inability-finish-budget-time-doesnt-make-sense/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2017 16:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gov. Rick Scott chastised state lawmakers for being unable to complete the 2017-18 budget on time, but once again stopped short of saying whether he would veto the entire spending plan once it reaches his desk. “You would expect that when people have a job to do they’d get it done. I’ve been in business all my life, and that’s what you expect if you have a deadline,” said Scott following a stop in Naples on Thursday morning. “It doesn&#8217;t&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Budget deal includes no money for Florida Forever</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff Reports]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2017 18:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aliki Moncrief]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Senate accepted the House offer on the agriculture and natural resources portion of the budget, agreeing not to set aside any money for Florida Forever in 2017-18. The $3.6 billion plan zeros out funding for land acquisition. Sen. Rob Bradley said the budget includes $13.3 million — $5 million of which is recurring dollars — for the St. Johns River and Keystone Heights Lake. Bradley called it a &#8220;huge win for the region and particularly the Keystone Heights lake,&#8221; saying&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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