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As Florida battles the coronavirus pandemic, the effort has exposed an inconvenient truth that the state’s public health infrastructure has been whittled…
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More than 100 new laws will hit the books Wednesday from the 2020 legislative session, with issues ranging from expanding school vouchers to increasing…
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State tax revenues showed little improvement in May as the economy continued to suffer heavy damage from the coronavirus pandemic, a new report shows.
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On the last day of Florida’s annual legislative session, state lawmakers normally pass the budget for the next fiscal year and then adjourn “sine die” —...
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A legislative panel agreed Thursday to boost the budget of the state Office of Medical Marijuana Use by $13.29 million to help pay for issuing new…
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Nursing homes will get a $130 million bump in Medicaid payments, and residents who live in the facilities will get nearly a 25 percent increase in a...
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Helping end a budget impasse, lawmakers have agreed to keep a current Medicaid payment formula for hospitals and to increase funding for nursing homes by…
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Florida lawmakers will need to go into overtime because of an impasse about hospital spending in final negotiations over a new state budget. House Speaker…
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A top budget writer said Wednesday she doesn’t expect a conference committee to settle all the differences between the House and Senate on health-care…
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President Donald Trump is calling for a focus on mental health and school safety in response to shootings like the one that took 17 lives in Florida, but…