Florida is one of seven states that do not require remote retailers to collect and remit sales taxes from online purchases, placing the burden on residents who are supposed to pay the state’s 6 percent sales tax when they make an online purchase.
Florida recorded a second straight month of job gains after four months of stagnant growth in employment, according to figures released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS].
A bill co-sponsored by Florida Sen. Rick Scott that would penalize pharmaceutical companies that have received federal research grants for charging “unreasonable prices” for prescription drugs has secured a key endorsement.
Florida Senate Democratic Leader Audrey Gibson is requesting gun control legislation be included in Senate President Bill Galvano’s call for lawmakers to find ways to “better understand the various factors involved in mass shootings,” including “white nationalism,” during the 2020 legislativ…
A new law passed by the Florida Legislature places new rules on the petition-gathering process. But this is not the only effort underway to slow down the pace of proposed constitutional amendments qualifying for the ballot in state elections.
State budgets are relatively “fixed,” or pre-committed every year, which causes elected officials to find ways to spend less in certain areas or tax more to meet preexisting mandates, a new analysis by the Urban Institute says.
With the nation reeling from mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, one Florida lawmaker – known for sponsoring controversial bills – has pre-filed 2020 legislation seeking to do away with “red flag” gun control measures adopted in the wake of the Valentine’s Day Marjory Stoneman Douglas school s…
The state’s investigation into how the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office [PBSO] handled Jeffrey Epstein’s 2008 “sweetheart deal” work-release program will continue despite the convicted sex offender’s apparent suicide.
Brian Pitts has been a ubiquitous, distinct voice in Tallahassee committee hearings as a “conscience and a unique watchdog over certain nonfeasance, misfeasance, or malfeasance in state government” since 2006.
Gov. Ron DeSantis wants the Florida Supreme Court to issue an advisory opinion on whether convicted felons must pay all fines and fees before their voting rights are restored under Amendment 4, the November 2018 ballot measure approved by 64.5 percent of state voters.
Florida is one of seven states that do not require remote retailers to collect and remit sales taxes from online purchases, placing the burden on residents who are supposed to pay the state’s 6 percent sales tax when they make an online purchase.
Florida recorded a second straight month of job gains after four months of stagnant growth in employment, according to figures released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS].
A bill co-sponsored by Florida Sen. Rick Scott that would penalize pharmaceutical companies that have received federal research grants for charging “unreasonable prices” for prescription drugs has secured a key endorsement.
Florida Senate Democratic Leader Audrey Gibson is requesting gun control legislation be included in Senate President Bill Galvano’s call for lawmakers to find ways to “better understand the various factors involved in mass shootings,” including “white nationalism,” during the 2020 legislativ…
A new law passed by the Florida Legislature places new rules on the petition-gathering process. But this is not the only effort underway to slow down the pace of proposed constitutional amendments qualifying for the ballot in state elections.
State budgets are relatively “fixed,” or pre-committed every year, which causes elected officials to find ways to spend less in certain areas or tax more to meet preexisting mandates, a new analysis by the Urban Institute says.
With the nation reeling from mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, one Florida lawmaker – known for sponsoring controversial bills – has pre-filed 2020 legislation seeking to do away with “red flag” gun control measures adopted in the wake of the Valentine’s Day Marjory Stoneman Douglas school s…
The state’s investigation into how the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office [PBSO] handled Jeffrey Epstein’s 2008 “sweetheart deal” work-release program will continue despite the convicted sex offender’s apparent suicide.
Brian Pitts has been a ubiquitous, distinct voice in Tallahassee committee hearings as a “conscience and a unique watchdog over certain nonfeasance, misfeasance, or malfeasance in state government” since 2006.
Gov. Ron DeSantis wants the Florida Supreme Court to issue an advisory opinion on whether convicted felons must pay all fines and fees before their voting rights are restored under Amendment 4, the November 2018 ballot measure approved by 64.5 percent of state voters.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $75 million in federal tax dollars for a pilot program to mitigate the damage being caused by feral hogs primarily in the Southeast.
