TALLAHASSEE — With only 60 days to pass a full plate of bills and a balanced budget, the Florida Legislature’s grand plans to add property tax cuts to their crowded calendar never had a chance.

One of the first things you learn when you’re training to be a counsellor or therapist is to suspend your own judgement in the face of another’s problem. But now and again, a dilemma comes along ...

This story is part of our February 2026 issue. To read the print version, click here. This story is part of our February 2026 issue. To read the print version, click here. After dealing with multiple ...

The answers to these questions and more need to be made available on the county website so the citizens can read them. And they need time. We the people who don’t speak with a very unified voice are ...

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This is ridiculous. It seems as though yearly there are new subdivisions, which means more taxes to the school system. Remember, years ago, the schools were threatening that they would have to cut ...

Rep. Ryan Chamberlin (R-Belleview) filed three pieces of legislation in the House to replace property taxes with a sales and use tax, as well as several consumption-based surtaxes this week. “Speaker ...

Karen Read, on Monday, filed a civil rights lawsuit against State Police investigators and key witnesses at her murder trials, accusing them of framing her for the death of her boyfriend in January ...

A recent legislative committee week in Tallahassee brought a flurry of proposals related to the reduction or elimination of property taxes in Florida. By Oct. 16, seven Florida House Republicans filed ...

This year's tax bills, which hit the mail starting in early October, will cap a year of historic increases in property values countywide. Homeowners will have until Feb. 28, 2026, to pay their bill in ...

Chicago homeowners on the South and West Sides are bracing for huge property tax hikes, driven by surging assessments and government spending tied to pensions. Property tax bills are about to spike ...