Sales Tax ‘Holiday’ Helps Usher in School Year

As summer break winds down and students gear up for the academic year, a back-to-school tax “holiday” on items such as clothes and school supplies begins Monday.
As summer break winds down and students gear up for the academic year, a back-to-school tax “holiday” on items such as clothes and school supplies begins Monday.
An appeals court Wednesday considered whether to allow a potential class-action lawsuit that contends the University of Florida should return fees to students because of a campus shutdown…
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday expressed condolences to the people of Japan after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe…
A new Florida law blocking doctors from performing abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy remains in effect despite…
Floridians facing economic pressure from inflation will get a second crack to save on “freedom” starting Friday.
After setting a record of $4.89 on June 13, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Florida has dropped during the past two weeks
The state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. could be on a path to spend $100 million this year on attorneys to defend an increasing number of lawsuits.
Democratic lawmakers fell well short Friday of getting enough votes to force a special legislative session on gun violence.
A school-safety measure signed this week by Gov. Ron DeSantis flew relatively under the radar during the 2022 legislative session, but the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has brought securing campuses
Two weeks after a deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, reignited debates about gun violence and securing schools, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday that will require mental-health “crisis intervention”
proponents of “red-flag” policies point to a Florida law as a model for states seeking to strip deadly weapons from people who could cause harm.
In the wake of Tuesday’s school shooting in Texas, Democratic lawmakers in Florida called on their Republican colleagues to use time remaining in a special legislative session
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that he will approve $100 million in the upcoming year’s state budget….
…Issues could add up to large property-insurance rate increases if state regulators sign off on the proposals presented Tuesday.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday expressed confidence that a special legislative session will help stabilize Florida’s property-insurance system
Florida continues to see unemployment claims roll in at a pre-pandemic pace as new data showed aspects of inflation possibly slowing.
A series of sales-tax “holidays” on items like school clothes, hurricane supplies, and tools and a suspension of the state gas tax in October topped a package signed into law Friday
A leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision ignited a sense of urgency…
Florida has exceeded 74,000 resident deaths from COVID-19,