With federal stimulus dollars on their way to Florida - but possibly not quickly enough - Gov. Charlie Crist announced he is holding back 15 percent from state spending in the remaining fiscal quarter. ...more

March 20, 2009

Historically black colleges and universities, which for decades have been educating students who can't afford to go — or can't imagine going — elsewhere, have been particularly challenged by the nation's economic meltdown. ...more

February 15, 2009

Tourism, teachers and the disabled will benefit from Gov. Charlie Crist's decision on Tuesday to preserve nearly $365 million in state spending that lawmakers had proposed cutting this month. ...more

January 28, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist may override the Legislature's decision to suspend the $300 million Florida Forever land conservation program, even as lawmakers prepare to make further state budget cuts this spring. ...more

January 23, 2009

State budget pressures are bearing down hard on Florida's 4.3 million senior citizens. ...more

January 7, 2009

State budget pressures are bearing down hard on Florida's 4.3 million seniors. Lawmakers are proposing to slash millions from health and related spending on seniors as part of the overall plan to close a $2.3-billion hole in the state budget. Cuts would impact everything from nursing homes to in-home services for seniors to a program helping caregivers to those with Alzheimer's. Of greatest concern to AARP: deep cuts to Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing homes. ...more

January 6, 2009

Lawmakers may cut as much as $125 million out of the current state budget for K-12 public education, which could cost Hillsborough schools roughly $3 million a month through the rest of the fiscal year ending June 30. ...more

February 8, 2008