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  "path": "/2026/02/11/florida-senate-votes-to-keep-paying-for-emergency-fund-despite-overspending-concerns/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-11T21:17:07.000Z",
  "site": "https://floridaphoenix.com",
  "tags": [
    "FL Legislature 2026",
    "Florida government",
    "Immigration",
    "Politics & Law",
    "appropriations chair",
    "Carlos Guillermo Smith",
    "Ed Hooper",
    "emergency fund",
    "emergency preparedness fund",
    "EPRF",
    "illegal immigration",
    "Lori Berman"
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  "textContent": "The Florida Senate voted Wednesday to continue paying into a state emergency fund despite concerns that officials have racked up a $573 million immigration tab on the taxpayer dime without legislative knowledge. The DeSantis administration has spent $405 million from that fund in six months, thousands of which went to private jet flights and restaurant […]",
  "title": "Florida Senate votes to keep paying for emergency fund despite overspending concerns"
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