(Photo/Tom Urban, News Service of Florida)
House Bill 1205, which has been in the courts almost since its signing by Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 2, 2025, imposed additional hurdles on the ballot-initiative process and heightened penalties for wrongdoing.
Republican lawmakers are trying to revive an effort to create an exemption to the state’s voter-approved minimum wage that would apply to workers classified as trainees.
As the Florida Senate continues to ponder an approach to lowering property taxes, House committees Thursday advanced two tax-cut proposals that could go before voters in November.
Senate President Ben Albritton was hospitalized after experiencing chest pain. (Photo/Colin Hackney, News Service of Florida)
House Majority Leader Tyler Sirois, R-Merrit Island, is sponsoring a bill to lower the minimum age for purchasing rifles and other long guns. (Photo Colin Hackley/News Service of Florida)
Florida’s unemployment rate jumped to 4.2% in November, the highest rate for the state in more than four years and up from 3.5% a year earlier. (Photo/Metro Creative)
A House proposal that would ask voters to phase out non-school homestead property taxes moved forward Thursday, as lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis try to reach agreement on a November ballot measure.
Senate President Ben Albritton hopes to pass a "rural renaissance" plan during the 2026 session. (Photo/Colin Hackley, News Service of Florida)
State Legislature leaders spoke of providing voters the opportunity to pass "meaningful property tax relief" at the start of the legislative session Tuesday.
