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Amendment 5 would lower taxes on homeowners, but others …
WEBMay 17, 2024 · Florida provides an exemption from property taxes for the first $25,000 of the assessed value of a homestead, meaning a building where the taxpayer lives. There’s a second exemption of $25,000 of assessed value over $50,000, except for school taxes — in other words, on values between $50,000 and $75,000.
Florida Department of Elder Affairs seeks $10 million to keep …
WEBNov 9, 2023 · Florida’s Department of Elder Affairs pitched a program to state lawmakers Thursday with a price tag of $10 million to improve housing conditions for elderly Floridians. The new program would fund home improvement projects such as correcting code violations, making the home energy-efficient, and fixing health and safety problems, Curtis Barker, chief financial officer for […]
Some foreign-trained physicians could skip residency to practice ...
WEBJan 12, 2024 · One of the ways the Florida Senate’s ‘Live Healthy’ initiative could increase the supply of doctors is by creating another licensure pathway for physicians trained outside of the U.S. As lawmakers started looking into the state of Florida’s healthcare workforce ahead of this year’s legislative session, it became …
RFK Jr. to appear on FL presidential ballot after Reform Party gets ...
WEBThe Reform Party has regained ballot status in Florida, meaning that its presidential nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will appear on the November ballot in the Sunshine State. “We’re thrilled to give Floridians an independent option this November,” said Reform Party of Florida Chair Jenniffer Desatoff in a press release issued Friday.
Politics have seeped into school board elections; Amendment 1 …
WEBMay 29, 2024 · For nearly three decades, Florida school board elections have been nonpartisan. But this November, under Amendment 1, voters could choose the political approach, which would allow Democrats, Republicans and other party candidates to sit on partisan school boards.. Supporters of the constitutional amendment say they want to increase transparency in areas from building projects and school ...
Short-term vacation rental bill passes in FL Senate, but regulations …
WEBFeb 1, 2024 · Florida lawmakers took significant steps Thursday toward regulating short-term vacation rental platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo, but local officials fear that the measure won’t resolve the conflicts that have existed for years in their communities. That said, the Florida Senate passed a measure [SB 280) that includes the issue of occupancy for statewide vacation rental […]
Briefs Archive - Florida Phoenix
WEBSep 10, 2024 · BY: Jackie Llanos - August 22, 2024. More than 1.4 million Floridians voted by mail in the primary on Tuesday, but those whose ballots have been flagged for signature problems have until 5 p.m. Thursday to ensure their vote counts. People can check whether their ballot has been counted online and by calling their local supervisor of elections.
State confirms that abortion rights amendment has collected …
WEBJan 26, 2024 · Organizers of the petition drive to enact a state constitutional right to abortion through a citizens’ initiative have collected enough petition signatures to merit a place on the November ballot, a state elections agency announced Friday. But one major hurdle remains: the Florida Supreme Court still must approve the description of …
In new brief, Moody claims abortion amendment would let …
WEBNov 16, 2023 · Sept. 8, 2023. Attorney General Ashley Moody doubles down in her latest Florida Supreme Court filing on her contention that the proposed state constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights is too vague to go before the voters and would take away the state’s power to intervene. Moody makes these arguments in a …
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