AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 minutes agoState Budget Breakthrough: Florida lawmakers finally locked a deal on a nearly $115B budget for the year starting July 1, with education protections for schools facing declining enrollment, plus added funding for cancer research and HIV treatment—while keeping the $4.5B homeschool/private-school scholarship money inside the main K-12 formula. The package is $2B below Gov. DeSantis’ plan and is set for a vote May 29, then heads to his desk for line-item vetoes. Election Readiness Under Strain: Redistricting fallout is still roiling Florida’s political calendar, with courts and counties racing to implement new maps after Supreme Court limits on voting protections. Local Health Watch: The Villages Health System bankruptcy remains murky and complex, and nursing-home oversight continues to surface new CMS ratings and fines across the state. Cuba & Federal Courts: A major U.S. Supreme Court ruling revived $100M+ cruise-line judgments tied to Cuba-era dock seizures, keeping Florida’s Cuba-linked legal fights in the spotlight.
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