Senate budget chairman Joe Negron, R-Stuart, center, discusses House-Senate compromises Saturday evening with Sens. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, left; Gwen Margolis, D-North Miami Beach; and Bill Montford, D-Tallahassee. Montford, the budget negotiator with the most state employee constituents, said, "It's certainly well-deserved, because they've been a long time without a raise."
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