Florida Governor Proposes Largest Budget in History from GOVERNING: State government news on politics, management & financ Gov. Rick Scott, who ran as a cost-cutting critic of 'bloated' government, opened the state's checkbook Thursday and urged the Legislature to pass a $74.2 billion budget, an increase of $4 billion. www.governing.com/news/state/Florida-Governor-Proposes-Largest-Budget-in-History.html