Category: Property Tax and Education News
Mar 17, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Two new property tax cuts in the offing Property tax cut proposals could help business owners and others while draining money from local governments. Business owners, snowbirds and …
Mar 17, 2009
The Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research General Revenue Fund Estimating Conference (“Conference”) met on Friday, March 13, 2009 to evaluate the impact of state tax collections for the remainder of fiscal year 2008-2009, and for 2009-2010. Economists are …
Mar 13, 2009
Above: Senator Don Gaetz’s bill to amend class-size caps passed House and Senate Education Committees this week. A constitutional amendment proposed during the 2009 Legislative Session by Senator Steve Wise (R-Jacksonville) and Senator Don Gaetz (R-Niceville) to modify a …
Mar 12, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Property tax relief bills zip through committee Four different measures that would provide various forms of property tax relief zipped through a Florida House committee Wednesday. Florida …
Mar 10, 2009
To view a complete story, click on the headline below: Miami-Dade, Broward schools may not get stimulus funds for construction Debt-ridden Miami-Dade and Broward school districts may not benefit from part of the federal stimulus plan that would …
Mar 8, 2009
Posted on Sat, Mar. 07, 2009 BY PATRICIA MAZZEI The $787 billion federal stimulus package set aside about $22 billion to help school districts pay for new construction — but Miami-Dade and Broward will likely not be able to get …
Mar 5, 2009
To view a complete story, click on the headline below: NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA: State Could Know By Friday About Stimulus Money For Schools Florida Education Commissioner Eric Smith said that by the end of the week the state …
Mar 4, 2009
Above: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist called his Tuesday State of the State address ‘a dose of reality.’ SCOTT KEELER / ST. PETERSBURG TIMES To view a complete story, click on the headline below: Governor Crist: We Must Spend …
Feb 26, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Own Home? Tax Burden Shifts to You in Crist Plan A new property-tax plan proposed by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist would shift the tax burden away from first-time …
Feb 25, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Crist’s budget boosts schools Using billions of dollars in federal-stimulus money to plug holes, Gov. Charlie Crist released a $66.5 billion budget proposal Friday that would increase funding …