DeSantis aims to slice state budget by $4.6 billion. Here’s how he would do it

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing more than $4.6 billion in cuts from the state’s $119 billion budget while continuing to provide billions in popular tax cuts and putting more into the state’s rainy day fund. The slashing starts with more than $1 billion to healthcare services, largely because of federal Medicaid money that has gone away with the end of the pandemic state of emergency. And the cuts continue as other one-time funds dry up, usually projects backed by federal grant programs that have been discontinued. Those deep cuts include education, commerce, environmental protecti...