DeSantis vetoes $1.7B from his eighth — and final — state budget as governor

By: Christine Sexton

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: June 29, 2026

Words: 1,284

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Gov. Ron DeSantis, who will leave office in January due to term limits, signed his eighth and final state budget into law Monday but not before he struck $1.7 billion in spending.

The actual line-item vetoes were actually smaller — $810 million — but they fell along a familiar pattern of DeSantis using his power to axe money set aside from everything from programs that help the elderly to wiping out pay raises for Florida’s …

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