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Legislature at stalemate over new state budget

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With time running out in this year’s regular session, Florida’s legislative leaders are at a stalemate over a new state budget and are starting to lash out at one another over the breakdown. The first but crucial round of negotiations between the House and Senate fell apart on Sunday. The session is scheduled to end on May 5, but state law requires that all work on the budget be finished 72 hours ahead of a final vote. The lack of…

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Budget details emerge after top lawmakers meet informally in Tallahassee

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After an acrimonious and abrupt ending to this year’s session, Florida legislative leaders are beginning to finally piece together a framework for a new state budget and avoid a possible state government shutdown. Some of that framework was discussed in an all-day meeting Wednesday between state Sen. Tom Lee and state Rep. Richard Corcoran. Gov. Rick Scott for more than a week has pushed the idea of a “base” continuation budget but Senate Appropriations Chairman Lee told Florida Politics on Wednesday night that…

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Gov. Scott says he’ll call special session if legislators don’t act

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The clock is ticking on Florida’s 2015-2016 budget, and prospects of a compromise are getting dimmer. As of Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) had not responded to a new proposal from the state agency responsible for Medicaid, submitted to the federal government for nearly $2.2 billion in health-care funding known as the Low Income Pool. The proposal would have given lawmakers time to finish the state’s budget by the end of the fiscal year June 30.…

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