March 10: Legislators hit hardest the pocketbooks of state workers, college students
March 10: Legislature approves $70 billion budget
March 9: Legislature approves Medicaid plan derided by counties
March 9: Medicaid vote a tough call for Democrats
March 9: Senate president agrees to study economic incentives
March 8: Tea Party defends counties in Medicaid billing dispute
March 8: Brody claims bill, 10 others, pass House after compromise over fees
March 8: Last-minute amendment could provide $800 million in tax relief for business
March 8: Last-minute insurance tax break surfaces
March 8: Lawyer opts to scrap all fees in order to pass Brody claims bill
March 7: Democrats say budget shortchanges schools
March 7: Legislature OKs state pension chief's plan to expand limit on special investments
March 6: Breaking down judge's ruling against Florida's pension law
March 6: Scott and Haridopolos full of spite for Fulford's ruling
March 6: Scott blasts court ruling, promises 'swift appeal'
March 6: State prepared to spend $800,000 to defend itself in pension appeal
March 6: Judge rules against the state, calls breach of contract 'unconstitutional taking' | Video
March 6: Sen. Alexander: Doesn't matter what judge says on pensions, budget stands
March 6: Genshaft delivers rosy wrap-up of Legislative budget issues
March 5: Video: Budget Wrap-up
March 5: In last-minute deal, House eases costs in USF Poly split
March 5: House passes $10.75 million claims bill for Eric Brody
March 5: Judge to rule Tuesday whether legislators dug a $2 billion budget hole or not
March 4: Grounded by Rick Scott, Cabinet members learn how to travel Florida without a state plane
March 3: State budget talks move forward
March 2: House approves PIP reform
March 2: Lawmakers defend JD Alexander over Polk County road deal
March 2: Lawmakers to hammer out budget issues, deliberate parent trigger this weekend
March 2: Lawmakers angry over decision to shut inmate re-entry centers in Broward, Manatee
March 1: Road JD Alexander fought for tucked into state budget
March 1: Everglades may get boost from lawmakers
March 1: 'Real divides' in health care budget slowing budget progress
March 1: As USF leaders wrestle with budget cuts, students protest outside
March 1: Haridopolos claims victory on Dillon claims bill
March 1: House, Senate agree on PreK-12 budget
March 1: Medicaid billing fight could cost Florida counties
Feb. 28: Video: JD Alexander And Mike Haridopolos Discuss Budget Negotiations
Feb. 28: ‘Frustrated’ Grimsley says budget talks have collapsed with Senate
Feb. 27: Adkins can't add sharing language into charter school bill -- yet
Feb. 27: Healthcare groups ramp up criticism of proposed hospital cuts
Feb. 27: Budget talks underway, informally and privately
Feb. 24: House passes bill compensating William Dillon for 27 years in prison
Feb. 24: Genshaft on Thursday's Senate budget vote: "Moving in the right direction"
Feb. 23: Senate votes to create 12th university
Feb. 23: Senate votes to restore a total of $46 million back to USF
Feb. 23: Bipartisan Senate okays budget, adds 'turkeys'
Feb. 23: Lynn grilled on university system budget cuts, 12th university
Feb. 23: New tax cut carved out for Canadian billionaire's slaughterhouse in Marion Co.
Feb. 23: Elections watchdogs wary of big budget hit, though a fix may come
Feb. 23: Under substitute amendments signed by Alexander, USF would get some money back
Feb. 21: Report: State university system has $80 billion economic impact
Feb. 21: Norman gaining signatures on USF funding amendment
Feb. 20: As Genshaft and Alexander talk, Norman plans back-up amendment
Feb. 20: Sen. Alexander and USF Pres. Genshaft to face off
Feb. 17: House subcommittee passes 16 of 17 claims bills
Feb. 17: Gov. Rick Scott mulls moving forward with prison privatization despite Senate rejection
Feb. 16: Lawsuit filed to keep Hillsborough prison open
Feb. 15: Senators pull plan to hold $25 mill "contingency" from USF
Feb. 15: Senate committee agrees to keep prison in Jefferson County open
Feb. 15: Rep. Cruz: Alexander targeted USF
Feb. 15: Gov. Scott's biz tax-cut plan clears House
Feb. 15: Norman blasts Lynn over higher ed cuts
Feb. 15: After dying in House, Constitutionally-questionable drug-testing bill revived
Feb. 15: Committee votes to impose full cigarette tax on roll-your-own machines
Feb. 15: USF Poly drama heating up as Senate budget committee gets underway
Feb. 14: Senate plan includes big cuts to mental health programs
Feb. 14: Miami lawmakers push claims bill for 14-year-old boy
Feb. 14: After parliamentary bout of grandstanding, House advances Scott's biz tax cuts
Feb. 14: House panel kills controversial charter school proposal
Feb. 14: Bill to privatize prisons dies in Senate
Feb. 13: Prison privatization alive in Senate -- but just barely | And how they voted.
Feb. 13: House Democrats urge Speaker to move on Brody, Dillon claims bills
Feb. 13: USF gets disproportionate cut in Senate budget recommendations
Feb. 11: It’s rich vs. super rich in boat battle
Feb. 11: Tallahassee tax cuts put squeeze on cities
Feb. 9: Negron gets support for bill to repeal ballot access of budget and tax commissions
Feb. 9: Gov. Scott announces $45 million petroleum expansion for Port of Tampa
Feb. 9: House passes spending plan
Feb. 8: Senate budget calls for more local funding, less state money for hospitals
Feb. 8: House won't give PECO funds to traditional public schools
Feb. 8: Florida House: School districts should cut salaries, not close schools
Feb. 7: Miami-Dade college president deems budget allocation process unfair
Feb. 7: Senate recommends 3 percent tuition hike for workforce education, colleges
Feb. 7: The Senate wants to boost school spending, too
Feb. 6: Senators reject efforts to repeal so-called 'nuclear tax'
Feb. 6: Floridians oppose cutting hospital funding, industry group says
Feb. 2: Bills to tax online sales advance in Senate
Feb. 2: Penny pinching? Or publicity stunt?
Feb. 2: Healthcare reform saved Floridians $142 million, feds say
Feb. 2: Educators, healthcare workers say state should increase revenue, not cut spending
Feb. 1: Fasano is removed as chairman of budget committee for opposing prison plan
Jan. 31: Lawmaker pitches school tax swap
Jan. 25: Florida hospitals bracing for more Medicaid cuts
Jan. 25: House higher education plan includes tuition increases, budget cuts
Jan. 20: Jackson Health System projects that it could run out of cash this summer
Jan. 19: Bill would allow Florida to sell naming rights to state-owned facilities
Jan. 18: Return of prison privatization sets off a furor
Jan. 16: Tallahassee battle lines drawn over Internet sales tax
Jan. 13: Bad news for school construction
Jan. 13: Senate wants a session break — to wait for revenues and avoid cuts
Jan. 12: Gov. Rick Scott’s budget axe targets women’s prison in Broward
Jan. 11: Scott touts jobs, less taxes, more money for schools
Jan. 9: Scott’s mission still about jobs
Jan. 8: State lawmakers open session facing $2 billion budget shortfall
Jan. 7: Gov. Scott will propose closing more prisons
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