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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday he will “bring (the budget) in for landing very soon.”

St Petersburg is holding the City’s annual Budget Open House next Tuesday at 6 PM. It will be held in the Council Chambers at City Hall.

The Florida budget includes money for more than 1,500 programs and projects that lawmakers want to bring back to their communities.

The 2024 legislative session ended Friday. Here are snapshots of 10 big issues from the session like relaxing regulations on teen workers.

Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell said, “It really seems to me like the Republicans are turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to Floridians who are in crisis.”

Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, expressed confidence Friday about finishing a budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year.

Negotiations on a new Florida budget shave sent unresolved issues to the House and Senate budget chiefs.

A conference committee could not reach agreement Wednesday on a series of key health- and human-services issues.

Florida budget talks continue with Senate and House negotiators settling issues ranging from money for tourism marketing to school safety.

The Florida House is slated to vote Thursday on its budget proposal (HB 5001). The Senate will then take up the House proposal.

Florida’s next governor and other state leaders would get sizable pay bumps under a House budget proposal that advanced Wednesday.

Florida Senate and House budget committees approved spending plans that top $115 billion; but there are differences.