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Florida budget talks: State workers, corrections officers get pay hikes; tourism agency survives

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Florida budget talks: State workers, corrections officers get pay hikes; tourism agency survives

Weekend negotiations between Florida House and Senate leaders have produced accords in reconciling differences in the chambers’ proposed fiscal year 2021 spending plans.

Among them: full funding for affordable housing programs; a 3 percent across-the-board pay raise for state employees, with corrections officers receiving an additional salary boost; money to sustain VISIT FLORIDA for another year; and a $100 million commitment to Florida Forever.

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