Included in the veto list was money for childhood education and daycare, mental health and senior care, and veterans treatment court.

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Florida Legislature's almost $115 billion budget for the next spending year. DeSantis vetoed almost $600 million of the original bill. More than a dozen items on that veto list were for projects in Northwest Florida.

DeSantis used the event to tout a slate of familiar talking points, railing against a self-described democratic socialist running for New York City mayor, while touting his own cr