Florida Budget Discussion Begins With House, Senate Plans About $2B Apart
By Associated Press
April 1, 2021
Florida lawmakers dove into debating a state budget Wednesday amid uncertainty over how the ongoing pandemic will affect the next round of revenue projections and the state’s bottom line.
While the state expects a $10 billion lift from federal coronavirus relief funds, how to use that money remains under debate.
What’s not in question, however, is the need for heftier reserves to allow the state to better weather the unexpected – like the COVID-19 outbreak that shuttered much of the economy last year and sent state revenues on a downward spiral. Both chambers propose keeping $5 billion in reserves.
Amid revenue uncertainty, Florida lawmakers wade into budget
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