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Senate budget puts millions toward agriculture, backing up ‘Rural Renaissance’ promise
The budget includes millions for preserving and restoring Florida's citrus industry, a priority for Ben Albritton.
Florida’s attorney general says he won’t defend post-Parkland gun law. Does he have to?
When the National Rifle Association in 2018 challenged a Florida bill prohibiting people under 21 from buying guns, ...
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Florida House approves a proposal to lower the gun purchasing age from 21 to 18
The full House okayed the proposal to lower the gun purchasing age from 21 to 18. Now, the bill heads to the Senate for ...
Florida Politics1d
Ben Albritton urges fellow Senators to get residents involved in hurricane prep program
Senate President Ben Albritton issued a memo to his colleagues in the Senate this week noting that Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis has arranged a reallocation of funds for the program. Given ...
My Safe Florida Home applicants urged to claim $103 million in unused funds
The My Safe Florida Home grant program says it has $103 million in unspent grant funding available to award applicants who ...
Gov. DeSantis chides Florida House Republicans on veto overrides, wants property tax cut
Gov. Ron DeSantis isn’t happy with Florida House Republicans and their decision Wednesday to reinstate four budget items he ...
Florida residents would pay $5 billion less in sales taxes under House speaker's plan
Under Perez’s plan, the state sales tax would be cut from 6% to 5.25%. He couched the move as part of an effort to restrain ...
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay1d
Leader of the Florida House wants to permanently cut state sales tax to 5.25-percent
Amid Florida’s affordability crisis, the Republican leader of the Florida House has proposed a significant cut in taxes ...
Florida House Speaker wants permanent state sales tax cut
Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez said Wednesday he wants to lower the state's sales-tax rate, trimming revenue by almost $5 ...
‘What’s changed?’ Bill to lower Florida’s gun-buying age questioned
Senate President Ben Albritton, who said he was profoundly affected by a recent visit to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School ...
Orlando Weekly1d
Florida House leader wants to permanently reduce state sales tax rate to 5.25 percent
If successful, the move would save taxpayers’ nearly $5 billion annually and put the Sunshine State on the map for being the ...