The $115.1 billion austerity budget that lawmakers approved in an overtime session includes a hefty increase in new judgeships — but not the 50 the Supreme Court certified in December.

The FY 2025-26 budget deal reduces current spending by $3.5 billion, but still has room for a $945 million increase for K-12 schools, a 2% state worker pay raise, and $1.3 billion in tax cuts, most of which — $904 million — would eliminate a business rent tax.

House Speaker Daniel Perez, a Miami lawyer, said “mom and pop” shops would be the biggest winners.

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