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TALHASSEE — After weeks of foreclosure and stagnant negotiations, Florida legislative leaders announced their slim budget for next year on Friday.The $115.1 billion spending plan is to limit what lawmakers say is a trend towards running out of control in Tallahassee and a trend against uncertainty about federal funds from Washington.Lawmakers have cut more than 1,700 vacancies across the state government, hiding millions of dollars for the state’s rainy day fund, but they’re still funding millions of dollars’ priority projects. “I thought this day would never come, but it was,” Senate Budget Chairman Ed Hooper said Friday. Lawmakers are scheduled…

Unfortunately, there are many misinformation regarding the abolition of the government’s pension offset, known as the GPO, which was signed into law at the end of 2024. There is confusion as to who was influenced by the change and whether retroactive Social Security benefits are from them. Before the GPO was abolished, individuals who received pensions from jobs performed outside of Social Security, that is, jobs that were not paid with FICA tax, were not eligible for spouse or survivor benefits. Before the abolition of the GPO, those who received pensions from jobs performed outside of Social Security reduced spousal…

“We’re just trying to create with Mann’s advantage,” said Reinhart, who was the second most rated bond goal in Cup Final history. “I’m trying to find a loose pack around the net.” In the extra frame, the Panthers appeared to carry plays out of the gate, but still needed a large play abandoned to keep the puck away quickly, in order to avoid abandoning Bobrovsky and Gustav. Finding a game-winning goal, Florida State’s leading goalscorer Sam Bennett, this postseason, fired a shot of Picard’s glove-catching gloves before leaving the crossbar. Making the most of the opportunity on the ice, Dryitel…

Fort Lauderdale – Crowds sipping and sipping on mocktails are crowded around the oversized miniature replicas of the St. Regis Resort & Residence Hotel and the gorgeous Condo Tower that will come to Bahia in March.They took a photo. They recorded the video. They aahed, aahed.The crowd, mostly real estate agents and potential buyers, gathered at the St. Regis sales gallery on Tuesday to hear from a panel of experts who share insights into how the $2 billion project will affect Fort Lauderdale.Dean Trantalis, mayor of Fort Lauderdale. Anthony Cordo, Vice President of Visit to Lauderdale, County’s Tourism Promotion Division.…

TALHASSEE – Gov. Ron DeSantis has promoted last year’s Governor’s Cup Charity Golf Weekend as a successful fundraising for the fledgling Hope Florida Foundation, saying he raised “a ton of money.”But most of the attendees, including governor-government officials, his former campaign advisers and state contractors, donated to it. Some said that despite the nonprofit providing custom golf bags and paying for the room, food and drink, they didn’t even know that the charity sponsored it.The two-day event at the private club shows not only the overlap between the foundation’s charity and DeSantis’ political operations, but also the troublingness of the…

To help Sunigration Chrockdowns, the Florida Highway Patrol performed hundreds of searches of license plates scanned by cameras controlled by the safety of a flock of controversial surveillance companies.The logs show that between March 13th and May 5th, State Troopers conducted over 250 immigration-related searches using Flock’s automatic license plate reader system. These searches spiked in the weeks before and after the tide waves, a well-known sweep coordinated by federal and state agencies that led to more than 1,100 arrests in Florida. More than 100 law enforcement agencies in Florida use herds, according to search logs that include the Desoto…

TALHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) – Signs of financial pressure from Washington, including potential cuts in Medicaid, SNAP and FEMA. The state relies on federal dollars for nearly a third of its budget, and disruption from DC could have ripple effects at the state level. So the question is, are lawmakers doing enough to protect Floridians from the unexpected?”I don’t believe in raising taxes. We agree to the opposite: cut taxes, cut expenditures, wasteful spending,” said House Speaker Danny Perez (R-Miami). “What we’re doing is that we’re in a position where God forbids us, we’re in a recession, we’re again in the…

By Cathy Bussewitz NEW YORK (AP) — The first thing Alison C. Jones does when she wakes up is to name three things she appreciates. It can be as easy as a breeze from the fan. Organizational Development Consultant Jones said her daily practice helped her through the difficulties, anxiety and vulnerability of starting her own business as a single mother. “When you practice gratitude, you train your brain to always look for anything positive. It just completely changes everything you’re going through,” she said. “You begin to see lessons in pain. You start to see beauty in very difficult…

Matt O’Brien Meta has invested $14.3 billion in the size of an artificial intelligence company, and is joining the team that will develop “Superintelligence” with Tech Giant, employing CEO Alexandr Wang. The deal, announced Thursday, reflects a push by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to revive AI efforts at Facebook and Instagram’s parent company as it faces tough competition from rivals such as Google and Openai. Meta announced what was called “Strategic Partnerships and Investments” on a scale late Thursday. According to Scale, the $14.3 billion investment will have a market value of over $29 billion. Scale said it will remain…

Video: Gov. Ron DeSantis discusses the protests in Los Angeles. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – During a podcast ahead of Saturday’s planned protest, Gov. Ron DeSantis emphasized that Florida Driver “have a right to protect himself if he feels threatened.” The governor said the drivers would not be held responsible if they were attacked by protesters, as long as they were afraid of their safety. Watch: e-bike teens run away from Florida women. “If you’re driving one of those streets and the mobs are surrounding your car and threatening you, you have the right to run away for your safety, so…