TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2013 State lawmakers completed their first week of a special session on the fiscal year 2026-2027 spending plan. Staff and the two budget chiefs will pick up unresolved issues through the weekend.<\/p>\n
The rest of the state\u2019s lawmakers were told they could go home for the next week or so as a final fiscal package should be ready for a vote after the Memorial Day holiday on May 25.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur budget conference is proceeding very well,\u201d Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, wrote members of the Senate on Friday.<\/p>\n
Updates on the currently unresolved issues will resume Monday morning, Albritton and House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, advised in separate memos.<\/p>\n
Senate Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Appropriations Committee Chairman Jason Brodeur summed up the negotiations when asked about funding differences for the Everglades.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you watch the ping-pong back-and-forth, at some point we\u2019re going to get pretty close to where we\u2019re going to land,\u201d the Sanford Republican replied.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Florida\u2019s new congressional district lines, drawn to help the GOP maintain its hold on the U.S. House in the midterm elections, underwent their first legal test on Friday.<\/p>\n
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