Jesse SchecknerFebruary 9, 2023
12min0
Skyrocketing housing prices in Florida have made the state among the lease affordable for renters and homebuyers in America.
Tag: Documentary stamp taxTALLAHASSEE, FLA. 11/19/24-Sen. Barbara Sharief, D-Miramar, takes the oath of office during reorganizational session, Tuesday at the Capitol in Tallahassee.
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Jesse SchecknerFebruary 9, 2023
Renzo DowneyMarch 25, 2021
6min1377
The House wants to cut $17.8 million from infrastructure and tourism agency budgets.
Jim RosicaAugust 21, 2018
3min319
Two environmental groups may soon duel in court over an alleged unpaid debt from an effort to get a state constitutional amendment on the environment before voters in 2014. The Florida Wildlife Federation last week sued Florida Conservation Voters (FCV) over what it says is an outstanding amount of $72,500 from a loan the federation […]
Jim RosicaJuly 11, 2018
6min412
Saying he violated their constitutional rights “in multiple ways, and over repeated objections,” House Speaker Richard Corcoran and Senate President Joe Negron asked a Tallahassee judge to remove himself from future proceedings in an environmental funding case. The legislative leaders filed their disqualification request with Circuit Judge Charles Dodson earlier this week. On June 28, […]
Jim RosicaMay 24, 2017
4min403
A lawsuit over the state’s environmental funding under a new constitutional amendment is expected to resume now that the annual Session is in lawmakers’ rear-view mirror. An array of environmental advocacy groups had filed suit over the Water and Land Legacy Amendment, also known as Amendment 1. The constitutional change, approved by voters in 2014, mandates state […]
Jim RosicaSeptember 28, 2016
5min483
A proposed class-action suit says Florida has been illegally collecting real estate “doc stamp” taxes on homes bought from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Richard A. Castorri filed suit last week in Leon County Circuit civil court against the Department of Revenue (DOR), court dockets show. He bought a house in Leon County from […]
Drew WilsonFebruary 8, 2016
1min244
State economists released a rundown of state revenue streams Monday, including the sources for Florida’s $28.41 billion in general revenue funds. According to the 2016 Florida Tax Handbook, the state sales tax looks to see the biggest gains in the 2015-16 fiscal year. Sales tax makes up 77 percent of the state’s general revenue funds; […]