Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 3, 2024
10min0
Hooper, a retired firefighter, often champions legislation benefiting first responders. This year was no different.
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Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 3, 2024
Jason DelgadoDecember 30, 2020
3min973
The nonprofit forecasted home prices would reach new highs.
Mitch PerryJanuary 15, 2016
2min197
Florida’s economy is in its best shape since the Great Recession, and Florida Tax Watch predicts it will be more robust in 2016. The latest edition of Florida TaxWatch’s Economic Commentary says the Real Gross State Product is expected to grow 3.1 percent in 2016, higher than the national rate. Additionally, job growth is expected to […]
Mitch PerryJanuary 13, 20161min162
With the new Legislative Session fully under way in Tallahassee, Florida Tax Watch has recommendations for the Legislature on ways to save taxpayers’ money in 2016. The recommendations include an annual Florida Government Efficiency Act, continuing to implement a new state accounting and cash management system, using telehealth strategies, and smarter sentencing for low-level nonviolent […]
Mitch PerryOctober 1, 2015
6min160
Since I’ve been following politics, it’s been a common complaint to question why the two major political parties have allowed two relatively homogenous states like Iowa and New Hampshire to have such an outsized influence in choosing our presidential nominees. And over the past three presidential cycles, invariably there’s been “serious” proposals floated to change the cycle, […]
Mitch PerrySeptember 30, 2015
2min411
Legislative leaders in Tallahassee applauded the news earlier this month that there is likely to be a $635 million budget surplus going into 2016. Senate President Andy Gardiner said the surplus will allow for the Legislature to increase per student funding for schools, as well as provide up a $250 million tax cut. But Florida Tax Watch […]
Bob SparksJune 25, 20157min206
The Florida Senate and several communities hoping to receive state money for local projects or programs are unhappy. The public food fight between legislative chambers and the governor was an embarrassment that could have serious ramifications. A governor’s use of line-item veto authority is often likened to a surgeon conducting delicate surgery with a scalpel. […]