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Florida lawmakers reach $2.25B tax relief deal, session to end by June 16
After weeks of verbal sparring, Florida lawmakers reached a tentative budget deal that would include $2. 25 billion in tax ...
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Lawmakers are set to return to Tallahassee this week to start hammering out the budget
Nearly a month after leaving the Capitol without passing a budget, House and Senate leaders said Friday night they had ...
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Floridians don’t expect much from our state government, and not much is what we’ll get
The state budget is not yet a done deal. If it’s not passed by June 30, we could even have a government shutdown. Thought ...
Don’t end property tax. Instead, cap reassessment of property values | Opinion
A Boca Raton city councilman writes that ending property taxes, as is being contemplated in Tallahassee, would be a disaster ...
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Senate Begins Putting Its Stamp On Giant Trump Tax, Debt Limit Bill
The wrangling imperils Republicans’ goal of sending the “Big, Beautiful Bill” to Trump’s desk by July 4. But the real deadline is sometime in August or September, when the Treasury Department ...
Map shows states exempting elderly people from paying property taxes
Several states currently offer property tax exemptions to older homeowners, and seven more are now trying to introduce ...
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‘Beautiful’ bill cuts Florida seniors’ food stamps. That’s ugly | Opinion
Alida Gonzalez looks into the refrigerator in her apartment on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Cutler Bay, Florida. Gonzalez is on food stamps and is concerned with SNAP benefits being taken away. Alie ...
Florida lawmakers get closer to budget agreement
TALLAHASSEE — Nearly a month after leaving the Capitol without passing a budget, House and Senate leaders said Friday night ...