NAPLES, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis connected Tuesday announced much of his fund priorities for adjacent twelvemonth including a pledge to dedicate implicit $1 cardinal for resiliency efforts successful Florida.
DeSantis said the wealth volition beryllium disposable done Resilient Florida, a programme enactment successful spot by the politician earlier this twelvemonth that aims to hole communities for the impacts of clime change. The $1 cardinal terms tag is simply a $550 cardinal summation erstwhile compared to this year’s spending, DeSantis said.
“I deliberation that volition marque america much capable to grip immoderate utmost upwind events and assistance to grip flooding, each these different things I deliberation are really, truly important,” DeSantis said during a quality league successful Naples.
Other biology fund priorities announced by DeSantis include:
$660 cardinal for Everglades restoration projects
$50 cardinal reconstruct Florida springs
$35 cardinal to combat harmful algal blooms
Money for h2o prime improvements, alternate h2o supplies
Last week, DeSantis unveiled sweeping acquisition proposals for adjacent year’s budget that would see millions of dollars for teacher raises on with $1,000 bonuses for Florida’s teachers and principals.
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The Republican politician volition contiguous his fund priorities to the Republican-led legislature erstwhile the regular league begins adjacent year.
He plans to merchandise the remainder of his fund proposals successful December.
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