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Growth and rising property values have swelled local tax collections, prompting calls for tax relief. But local officials say their bigger budgets meet the demand for more services, from roads to ...
House and Senate leadership reached a framework for the budget, but the details are still being worked on behind closed doors ...
A Boca Raton city councilman writes that ending property taxes, as is being contemplated in Tallahassee, would be a disaster ...
David Jolly is running for governor of Florida. “Affordability, affordability, affordability. That is the No. 1 issue.” Jolly ...
DeSantis is against it because he intends to put Florida in a deeper rut by sending $1,000 rebate checks to homeowners while ...
Pinellas’ sun-kissed beaches, Hillsborough’s vibrant Tampa skyline and Pasco’s booming new communities tell a story of growth and resilience. But beneath that story runs a harder truth: property taxes ...
When lawmakers begin budget conference talks Tuesday, a couple of priorities of Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, ...
Property taxes aren’t luxuries; they are the foundational services that make a house a home and a neighborhood a community.
“I generally seek out and support policy changes that are designed ... to brainstorm ways to eliminate property taxes in the state altogether. Florida would be the first state to do so.
After nearly a decade of a rocky market, the Florida residential property insurance industry returned to profitability in ...
Hillsborough County Property Appraiser Bob Henriquez has a novel idea to ease Floridians’ wallets when it comes to affordable ...
Central Florida county budgets have ballooned ... put together a panel to study how property tax changes might work. The panel may consider adding new homestead exemptions and requiring every ...