Warning of a state government shutdown, the Florida Senate could sue over a House rule that’s supposed to make the budget process more transparent by giving the public advanced notice on hometown spending projects. But the rule goes too far in the eyes of Florida Senate budget chief Jack Latvala, who said it unconstitutionally binds the hands of the chamber and threatens to stall lawmakers from passing an $83.4 billion budget for the new fiscal year that begins July 1 — a surprising move that would inject a new level of dysfunction and discord in the Republican-controlled state Capitol.
