Budget deal elusive as school aid complicates final stretch

Budget deal elusive as school aid complicates final stretch

No state budget deal Friday, but a resolution over the weekend is possible

Florida lawmakers struggle to reach budget deal, delaying legislative session

Florida lawmakers are struggling to reach a budget agreement, with a $4 billion gap between Senate and House proposals.

Lawmakers heading to overtime | Santa Rosa Press Gazette

By Jim Turner and Jim Saunders Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, and House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, told their members Thursday afternoon that leaders have not reached agreement on key first steps needed to start formal budget negotiations. That includes what are known as “allocations,” which are overall amounts of money that go to various areas of the budget, such as education and health care. To end the session as scheduled May…

Lawmakers heading to overtime - Ocala Gazette

TALLAHASSEE — With the Senate and House unable to reach agreement on tax cuts and spending, lawmakers will not finish negotiations on a new state budget in time to end […] The post Lawmakers heading to overtime appeared first on Ocala Gazette.

Budget differences will push Legislature into overtime

With the Senate and House unable to reach agreement on tax cuts and spending, lawmakers will not finish negotiations on a new state budget in time to end the legislative session as scheduled next week. Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, and House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, told their members Thursday afternoon that leaders have not reached agreement on key first steps needed to start formal budget negotiations. That includes what ar…

Updated: Lawmakers Heading to Overtime

TALLAHASSEE --- With the Senate and House unable to reach agreement on tax cuts and spending, lawmakers will not finish negotiations on a new state budget in time to end the legislative session as scheduled next week.