Governor Charlie Crist says he isn?t planning any budget vetoes, but he hasn?t looked through the entire budget yet. Lawmakers passed a budget that cuts government spending by about 5 billion dollars. Schools will lose close to a hundred and 50 dollars a student. Lawmakers approved cutting health care spending by about a billion dollars. Governor Crist applauded the work of lawmakers for balancing the budget in such a tight year, but adds he?s still going over their work.<\/p>\n

?We?re reviewing the budget right now and you know it takes time to get through that, but our folks are working very hard,? said Crist.<\/p>\n

The new budget year starts July first. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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