More than $8 million in project funding was cut from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in the state's budget, signed Monday by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on June 30 signed the 2025-26 budget after vetoing almost $600 million in programs and projects from the $115.1 billion spending plan composed by lawmakers. One

Florida's governor also vetoed the transfer of $200 million out of the Department of Environmental Protection.

Ron DeSantis signed the state's 2025-26 budget after vetoing $567 million in programs and projects tucked in by state lawmakers, leaving a $117.4 billion spending plan for the year beginning July 1. DeSantis' office did not provide an itemized list of vetoes until several hours after he signed the budget June 30 at a ceremony in The Villages,

DeSantis used the event to tout a slate of familiar talking points, railing against a self-described democratic socialist running for New York City mayor, while touting his own cr

Fourteen projects in Republican Rep. Alex Andrade’s Pensacola district were cut after he spent much of the legislative session investigating Hope Florida.