DeSantis vetoes $1.5B in spending, signs $100B Florida budget
DeSantis vetoes $1.5B in spending, signs $100B Florida budget John Haughey, The Center Square © Provided by Washington Examiner Florida lawmakers last month sent Gov. Ron DeSantis a $101.5 billion Fiscal Year 2022 budget that, bloated by federal pandemic relief funds, increased spending by nearly 10% over this year’s $92.2 billion budget. On Wednesday, DeSantis signed a $100 billion FY22 spending plan into law, vetoing 152 expenditures and trimming $1.5 billion from the budget, including $1.35 billion from federal funds received under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021....