In this episode: After more than a year of hostilities, Republican leaders in the Florida House and Senate reached a budget deal just days before Gov. Ron DeSantis hauls them all to Tallahassee for a special session that some people seem to want no part of. What happens next — on gerrymandering, vaccines, artificial intelligence and more — remains a mystery. Plus: Corporate donors who need favors from the DeSantis administration are flooding money into a federal super PAC supporting the governor. And a look at what the charter school industry has been lobbying for in the state Capitol.

Show notes

Links and stories discussed in today’s show:

House, Senate call 18-day budget special session for May 12-29

The DeSantis decisions: Quiet wins for homebuilders and car dealers

Lobbyists for a mining company wrote a bill to block lawsuits over radiation on former mines

Ron DeSantis PAC took $250,000 from Florida Power & Light after record-setting rate hike

‘Schools of Hope’ charter operator is moving into 5 Miami-Dade high schools

Lobbyists for a billionaire and a charter network pushed Florida lawmakers to expand a school privatization program, records show

A management firm is poised to profit off plan to divert local property taxes to charter schools

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