Florida Budget

Gov. Ron DeSantis has released a $117 billion budget proposal. Here's what Floridians need to know about what comes next.

The largest slice is a $277.5 million package for cancer research, along with investments in emergency medical innovation and public health infrastructure.

The deal would have major implications for higher education in the Sarasota-Manatee area.

DeSantis is also calling for increased campus security and continued his call to slash property taxes.

Those ways could include steering more of the concession fee revenue back into each park.

As of Monday, six proposals had been filed in the House for the 2026 session, collectively seeking just over $5.5 million.

Heading into the 2026 session, which will begin in January, one of the key topics will be Gov. Ron DeSantis’ push to cut or eliminate homestead property taxes.

The DeSantises were in Jacksonville to discuss funding for the Cancer Connect Collaborative approved in Florida’s 2025-26 fiscal year budget.

President-elect Marva Johnson called it a "historic level of funding." Board of Trustees Vice Chair Deveron Gibbons suggested the increase was a nod of approval from the Legislature for hiring Johnson.

Gov. Ron DeSantis issued 13 pages of budget vetoes. Here's the list and a walkthrough.

The $200 million had been swept from the corridor acquisition money by state lawmakers — before a line-item veto reversed that move.

Governor Ron DeSantis took his veto pen to the Rodman (Kirkpatrick) Dam line item in the state's budget, dashing advocates' hopes that "this could be the year."