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DeSantis has taken action on state toll roads several times during his tenure as governor, including suspending tolls during major storms. The governor has also previously implemented a toll relief program that gave Florida drivers a half refund on their monthly toll fees if they passed through at least 35 tolls a month.
The money was requested for AI language translators, pepper spray, GPS trackers, handcuffs, bonuses, and more.
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No more tolls for Florida residents? DeSantis floats the idea
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested eliminating toll road fees for Florida residents at a recent meeting, letting tourists and visitors pay those fees. It's an idea now. Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia said a policy discussion has to take place first.
Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference Wednesday in Orlando to unveil his eighth and final state budget proposal. His $117 billion spending plan is about $2 billion more than last year’s. Sign up for our Newsletters DeSantis began speaking at 11:45 a.
The push is likely to spark another largely behind-the-scenes battle among those who rely on the state money to help with research programs.
As of now, only 12 states — Florida, Alabama, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wisconsin — have passed resolutions in both houses of their Legislatures, calling for a U.S. Term Limits Convention.
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis outlined his proposed $117 billion state budget Wednesday, as the term-limited executive prepares to leave the state's top office.
What the budget does is it builds off the success that we’ve had,” the governor said at a news conference at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
Florida Governor Ron Desantis held a news conference Thursday morning, proposing a Florida Bill of Rights for artificial intelligence. Megan Garcia, the mother to a fourteen-year-old Orlando teen who committed suicide,
To help preserve rural Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a new round of state grants totaling $311 million to bolster infrastructure in some of Florida’s less populated areas.