Florida's Budget Boosts DeSantis' Priorities, Including Education and Policing

Florida lawmakers have approved a budget that includes a 20% increase in funding for the Office of Election Crimes and Security, which was created in 2022 as part of Governor Ron DeSantis' "election integrity" efforts. The controversial office has garnered criticism for its arrests of 20 people who were told they could legally vote in the 2020 election by the DeSantis administration. Democrats and voting rights groups have opposed the office's creation, and attorneys for those arrested have called it a waste of taxpayer dollars.