Lawmakers’ Pork-barrel Projects Have Gotten Out Of Hand | Editorial

Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 1:52pm

A record level of parochial pork-barrel spending in Florida’s new $117.5 billion state budget shows that the annual practice of paying for thousands of “member projects” is out of hand. Florida TaxWatch made that declaration Wednesday as the business-backed policy research group released its annual “Turkey Watch” report, flagging nearly $1 billion in questionable spending throughout the state that Gov.

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