

At a press conference in The Villages today, Governor DeSantis signed the budget passed by the state’s legislature into law totaling a record $109.9 billion.
Along with that signing was a slew of line item vetoes totaling $3.1 billion.
One of the most high-profile items was an item sponsored by Representative Randy Fine who is the chair of the K-12 appropriations sub-committee.
Fine wanted to punish 12 school districts that imposed face mask mandates on students at the start of the 2021-22 school year.