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Florida Senate President Ben Albritton is reviving his "Rural Renaissance" plan to boost funding for rural areas.

The plan aims to improve education, health care, housing, and infrastructure in less-dense parts of the state.

Last year's version of the bill failed due to a dispute over tax cuts between Gov. Ron DeSantis and House Speaker Daniel Perez.

Michelangelo took four years to paint the Sistine Chapel . Senate President Ben Albritton is going to need at least two years to finish his own masterpiece – a set of policies known as the Rural Renaissance.

Albritton, a Wauchula Republican, took the helm of the Senate after the 2024 elections, but his plan to infuse rural areas with more funding while expanding options for education, health care, improving trans

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