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With an infusion of about $10 billion in federal stimulus money, the 2021-22 budget will easily top the roughly $92.2 billion plan for the current fiscal year.
Along with addressing the federal pandemic relief funds, the Senate on Monday decided to go along with a House plan to not reimburse the Chiles Trust Fund for $300 million that was borrowed.
House and Senate leaders Monday night finished nailing down details of a roughly $100 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, after agreeing that first responders statewide should get $1,000 bonuses for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lawmakers also agreed to pump an additional $80 million in state and federal money into a program that provides services to help keep people with intellectual and developmental disabilities out of institutions. The infusion of money will lead to serving more people in the so-called iBudget program, though lawmakers did not immediately have an estimate of how many people would be removed f
Piney Point funds, first responder bonuses survive latest budget negotiations
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Revenue Forecasting Committee Projects State Revenues to Exceed Pre-Pandemic Levels
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Federal Cash Stabilizes City s Finances
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State Budget Deal Funnels Bonuses To Florida First Responders
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