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| Lawmakers continue budget wrangling |
| By tallahassee.com - Bill Cotterell |
| Published: 03/05/2012 |
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House and Senate budget bosses agreed Saturday to spare Jefferson Correctional Institution, officially removing the small, economically struggling county's largest employer from the Department of Corrections closings list. The appropriations chairs made significant progress toward striking a budget compromise that will allow on-time adjournment of the 2012 legislative session on Friday. Conferring privately and through staff aides all day, they worked out agreements on most agriculture, economic development, criminal justice and governmental operations areas of the budget. Sen. JD Alexander, R-Lake Wales, and Rep. Denise Grimsley, R-Sebring, said they would be back at it today seeking settlements on education and health and human services budgets. Their final deal on roughly $70 billion in state spending for the year starting July 1 needs to be delivered to House and Senate members by Tuesday to allow the legally mandated 72 hours to elapse before a final vote. "Funding for Jefferson County Correctional Institution is in place," Alexander said at the end of a brief meeting with Grimsley and other negotiators Saturday evening. "We have a clear agreement between the governor, the Department of Corrections, the House and Senate that Jefferson will continue to operate." Read More. |
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