Scott PowersMarch 27, 2020
5min485
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Trump is preparing Governors to start pushing local containment, rather than statewide action.
Scott PowersFebruary 17, 2020
3min793
The company collected $97 million for state and $40 million for counties in 2019.
Scott PowersJanuary 8, 2020
5min332
José Rodríguez, Carlos Smith seek to roll back state preemption
Scott PowersJanuary 29, 2019
9min907
Airbnb's agreements to collect tourist taxes for counties and the state could be in jeopardy.
Scott PowersMarch 20, 2018
7min730
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham announced Tuesday that if she’s elected Governor she would support local governments such as Weston and Coral Gables that seek to defy the state’s 2011 law forbidding local gun ordinances. Such a position could put Graham at odds with the Florida Legislature and also potentially with the Attorney General over […]
Scott PowersFebruary 8, 2018
5min427
A bill to once again roll back local regulation of vacation rental homes got approval Thursday from the Florida Senate Committee on Regulated Industries, its second committee success. The bill, a committee substitute that combined Senate Bills 1400 and 1640 introduced by Republican state Sens. Greg Steube and David Simmons, drew a long list of […]
Scott PowersApril 2, 2017
5min462
A new poll commissioned by the vacation home rental giant Airbnb shows that Floridians are overwhelmingly supportive of the idea of people renting out their homes to tourists. The poll found 80 percent support allowing Florida residents to rent out their homes through Airbnb and more than half think the rapidly-rising trend is good for […]
Scott PowersMarch 27, 2017
6min425
A bill that would essentially ban Florida cities and counties from regulating the locations or appearances of the next generation technology cell phone towers was approved by a Florida House committee Monday afternoon, but with some expectations that key provisions may be renegotiated. With backers contending that Florida needs to allow swift installation of 5G […]
Scott PowersNovember 9, 2016
3min338
They love them some medical marijuana in the Florida Keys, and in the college towns of Gainesville and Tallahassee. But then, Floridians seem to like the idea throughout the Sunshine State of making medical marijuana a state constitutional right. Amendment 2, which rolled to a huge victory Tuesday, was approved by at least 60 percent […]