The budgets are out in Tallahassee, but that doesn’t mean the negotiations are over, and a key inflation measure falls to a nearly five-year low.

State Senate and House budgets reveal possible friction points

The budgets are out, but that doesn’t mean the negotiations are over.

In Tallahassee, the state Senate rolled out its proposed budget, one day after the house surprised everyone by releasing its proposed budget.

We’ve picked out some highlights and some of the possible friction points between the chambers.

The Senate is proposing a $115.1 billion budget, while the House spending plan comes in at $113.6 billion.

Here is one point where there could be a fight over dollars: the governor’s emergency fund.

The Florida House wants to prevent emergency dollars from being spent on immigration. That would be a big change. By declaring illegal immigration a state emergency, Gov. Ron DeSantis has spent more than $600 million from the emergency fund on immigration enforcement, including building Alligator Alcatraz.

The state has not been reimbursed so far by the federal government.

The House now wants that emergency fund limited to $100 million and to only be used for natural disasters.

Another DeSantis priority that the House’s budget does not fund is the Florida State Guard.

DeSantis revived the state guard and was requesting $63 million to fund it for the next year. The state guard has faced allegations of mismanagement, and the House currently has no money in budget to keep it going.

Another potential friction point is DOGE. Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia has been traveling the state and auditing local governments as part of the administration’s push to eliminate property taxes.

The House does not include funding for codifying DeSantis’ DOGE agenda. Instead, the House has proposed creating an accountability office that would report directly to the legislature and not to the governor.

As of right now, the House does not have money for improving the campus of Hillsborough College, the potential new home of the Tampa Bay Rays. DeSantis had said that while state dollars would not directly fund a new stadium, there would be money to improve HC’s campus. This could still be negotiated with the Senate, as Republican state Sen. Danny Burgess is requesting $50 million be appropriated for HC improvements.

We’ve told you recently how the state is looking at a $120 million shortfall in the Florida AIDS drug assistance program. That shortfall could lead to thousands of people being unable to afford life-saving medication.

The House is trying to alleviate the shortfall by providing $68 million for it in the budget.

Finally, it looks like the House is on board to transfer the University of South Florida Sarasota Manatee campus to New College. The House budget proposal directs nearly $37 million to New College while setting up a potential transfer of funds from USF.

— Holly Gregory, Spectrum News

DHS appears headed into shutdown. What will be affected?

The nation is stumbling toward another lapse in government funding this weekend as most lawmakers have left Washington with no agreement to keep the Department of Homeland Security fully running.

The likely partial shutdown that will take place after midnight Friday will mark the third during President Donald Trump’s second term in office. But unlike the record-long shutdown this past fall and the short lapse in funding for a handful of departments just weeks ago, this one will only affect the Department of Homeland Security.

DHS houses several agencies that will see the impacts of a funding lapse and directly affect Americans.   

Here is what we know about how the department and the public could feel the partial shutdown. 

What a DHS shutdown means for agencies and Americans

DHS is often associated with the border and immigration but, despite being the crux of the potential shutdown, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, is expected to be the least affected by a lapse in funding because of the influx of money Republicans and Trump allocated to it in their “one big, beautiful bill” signed into law this past summer. 

At a hearing on Capitol Hill this week on the impacts of a potential lapse in funding, Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., noted ICE and Customs and Border Protection “will be largely unaffected by a shutdown.”

The Coast Guard, on the other hand, also falls under the department and is expected to be affected. Appearing at the House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing this week, Vice Adm. Thomas Allan, the Coast Guard’s vice commandant, warned a shutdown at the department could disrupt pay for 56,000 active duty, reserve and civilian personnel and particularly affect morale. 

He said that a lapse in funding requires the Coast Guard to suspend all missions except for those essential for national security and protection of life and property. 

“Although missions like law enforcement, national defense, and emergency response continue, a funding lapse has severe and lasting challenges for the Coast Guard’s workforce, operational readiness, and long-term capabilities,” he said. He also noted certain training for those such as pilots and boat crews would also stop, adding, “A shutdown also erodes mission readiness.”

Meanwhile, the Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, is often one of the most front-facing aspects of a government shutdown for many Americans and this one has the potential for the same. Past shutdowns have often led to major snags at airports across the nation — including flight cancellations and delays and longer wait times — as TSA employees, who must work without pay, call out sick or take other jobs.

At the House hearing this week, TSA acting Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill noted that the rate of TSA workers who left their jobs from October to November last year amid the fall’s shutdown was a 25% increase from the same period the previous year. McNeill noted the “strain” shutdowns pose on the agency’s workers and said it can be hard for them to justify staying in a job where they could not be paid for weeks. 

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which works to protect infrastructure around the country from cyberattacks and other physical risks, would also be affected. Acting CISA Director Madhu Gottumukkala said that under a shutdown at the department, work would be “strictly limited to those essential to protecting life and property” and noted many employees would work without pay. 

“A shutdown forces many of our frontline security experts and threat hunters to work without pay — even as nation-states and criminal organizations intensify efforts to exploit critical systems that Americans rely on — placing an unprecedented strain on our national defenses,” Gottumukkala’s opening statement for the House hearing this week read. 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is already facing major changes in the Trump administration, would also be touched by a lapse in funding. Gregg Phillips, associate administrator of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery, said “lifesaving missions for supporting disaster response efforts” would continue. But he warned in his written opening statement for the hearing that a delay in funding “could undermine our readiness for major incidents, including terrorism or large-scale disasters, by disrupting critical preparedness and response activities” and “erode public trust in the federal government’s ability to respond to emergencies.”

He also said it would affect FEMA’s ability to reimburse states for disaster relief costs and impact coordination with local partners. 

Where things stand

Lawmakers in the House and Senate have largely left the nation’s capital as of Friday, and both chambers are scheduled to be on break next week, with the short-term funding patch they passed to keep the Department of Homeland Security funded through Feb. 13 set to expire at midnight. 

Congress passed the last of its funding bills for the 2026 fiscal year last month, except for DHS, as Democrats push for changes to ICE following the shooting of two people in Minnesota by federal agents amid the administration’s immigration crackdown. 

Democrats, Republicans and the White House have all said they are open to negotiating an agreement. But proposals sent back and forth between Congressional Democrats and the White House have yet to result in a deal.

Trump said Thursday that Democrats are proposing things that would be “very hard” for him to approve and told reporters on Friday that we “have to protect our law enforcement” when asked about where things stand. 

Meanwhile, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York said Friday that “Donald Trump and Republicans have decided that they have zero interest in getting ICE under control.”

— Maggie Gannon, Spectrum News

At least 21 U.S. states have confirmed cases of measles as outbreaks continue spread across the country.

At Ave Maria University near Naples, Florida, measles cases have soared to nearly 60. A sophomore at the school, who is unvaccinated, told CBS News he developed symptoms before he tested positive.

“Honestly, at first, it … kind of felt like a head cold,” the student said. “I started to get a little rash and then like I started to get a sore throat, a cough.”

At a clinic across the street from campus, Dr. Raul Enad said he’s treated two measles patients – a student and a professor, both of whom were vaccinated.

“The professor, she was in contact with a student who had a severe illness, severe manifestation,” Enad said. “She would have been more sick if she had not been vaccinated.”

In a statement on its website, the university said that its “ongoing priority remains the health, safety and well-being of every member of our campus community.”

Surging cases across U.S.

The U.S. is now at risk of losing its measles-elimination status for the first time in more than two decades.

“It’s just the cost of doing business with our borders being somewhat porous for global and international travel,” principal deputy director at the CDC, Ralph Abraham, said last month. “We have these communities that choose to be unvaccinated. That’s their personal freedom.”

CBS News has tracked more than 1,000 confirmed cases nationwide in 2026, which is approximately half of what was recorded in all of 2025.

Three years ago at this time, there were only two cases of the highly contagious virus, according to the CDC.

South Carolina continues to have the largest outbreak with more than 900 cases since September.

The CDC recommends children receive their first dose of the MMR vaccine between 12 and 15 months.

“I think it’s a good reminder that kids should get the measles shot,” FDA commissioner Dr. Marty Makary said. “We put out, the administration, what we consider core essential vaccines, measles is one of them.”

Symptoms of measles

According to the CDC, measles symptoms “appear 7 to 14 days after contact with the virus.”

Symptoms may include:

• High fever (may spike to more than 104° F)
• Cough
• Runny nose (coryza)
• Red, watery eyes (conjunctivitis)
• Rash

In some cases, serious complications can develop, including pneumonia or encephalitis, a swelling of the brain. 

Denzel Aberdeen is in a unique spot going into his first trip back to Florida since his controversial departure last portal cycle. On one hand, he was on the floor at the final horn during the Gators’ national championship win and a key figure of that run, a lifetime dream as a hometown kid from Orlando with a ring that can never be taken away from him.

“It’s been surreal. The past couple of months, just reaching one of my goals in life, winning the national championship, it’s been nothing but amazing,” Aberdeen said at SEC Tipoff ’26.

On the other, Todd Golden likely won’t be waiting for him at the airport with a Valentine’s Day card, flowers and chocolates upon his return to Gainesville. His former coach got testy on multiple occasions when asked about the breakup — the two sides not seeing eye to eye during negotiations in terms of valuation.

“We love Denzel,” he told KSR. “Incredibly grateful for the contributions he made to our program. He was a huge part of our national championship team. He was a guy that came with us right when we got the job. The reality is, we would have loved to have Denzel back, and there were other things that were more important to him than what we had to offer at this point. … Every person — whether you’re a player or coach — has different things that are important to them when making decisions. Unfortunately, ours didn’t align. We would’ve loved to have him back.”

His old teammates are excited for his return to the O-Dome — nothing personal on their end, Alex Condon adding, “It’s going to be really fun” to play him, though it “was a shock” to see him go. He grew up 111 miles away, so Aberdeen will undoubtedly have all of the friends and family in the stands that he can handle. It’s not just a Gator reunion, but also a homecoming with all of his loved ones.

How will he respond to all of the extra stuff that comes with this trip? His new head coach, Mark Pope, doesn’t think anything can push him off his path of growth and the current production he’s earning in the SEC. He’s playing the best basketball of his career, and Pope expects him to continue doing just that in Gainesville.

“I think D.A. is pretty steady right now. His play over the last month has been phenomenal,” he said Thursday. “He’s had a huge number of games where he went on a four- or five-game tear where it was just — his numbers were outrageous, his decision-making, he just is getting more and more comfortable.”

Aberdeen is averaging 13.0 points and 3.1 assists during SEC play while shooting 39.1 percent from deep, six games with 15-plus dating back to January 10, no performance bigger or better than his 22-point night in Knoxville, scoring 18 in the second half alone to help the Wildcats storm back from down 17 points to beat Tennessee 80-78.

Kentucky appeared to be, for lack of a better term, screwed when Jaland Lowe underwent season-ending shoulder surgery. Since then, though, Pope’s team has been among the hottest in all of college basketball, and Aberdeen is a big part of that. He’s owned that starting point guard role and is only getting better with time and experience.

“You can see him making the transition from doing his job, to playing the game. From doing the game to playing the game, like, we’ve seen that happen in real time over the last month, where in practice, too, now you see him just feeling so comfortable with what we’re doing, and so confident,” Pope continued. “Such a believer now in trying to attack the game how we attack the game. It’s been fun to watch him grow. He’s going to be — he’s just a solid dude, man.”

So, yeah, a top-25 battle in front of the people most important to him, familiar faces and a coach ready to punish him for seeking greener pastures? He’ll be ready.

Because this is what he does.

“He’s a competitor, competitor, competitor. The brighter the lights, the more excited he gets, the more capable he gets,” Pope said. “He functions well there, so I expect him as the season progresses to just get better.”