Category: Property Tax and Education News
Oct 5, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â House, Senate OK competing $1.1 billion budget cuts The state House and Senate Friday approved competing budget cutting plans that whack $1.1 billion in programs from the state’s $71 billion …
Oct 3, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Property tax relief is the talk of Tallahassee As state lawmakers began meeting Wednesday, their minds were on the elephant in the chamber that wasn’t supposed to be there, but …
Oct 2, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â After budget cuts are done, what will be next in Capitol? Wednesday’s special session of the Legislature to find more than a billion dollars in budgets cuts will focus closely …
Oct 1, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â PIP added to session Sidestepping a property-tax showdown, Gov. Charlie Crist decided Monday to add no-fault auto insurance to this week’s special lawmaking session but said legislators would have to …
Sep 28, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â It’s official: Budget-only special session Oct. 3-12 PIP, property tax ballot language not included TALLAHASSEE — Senate President Ken Pruitt and House Speaker Marco Rubio agreed today to a narrow-focused …
Sep 26, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story:  Florida may decide today whether to appeal ruling on property tax referendum Rewrite it, appeal it; or do both. Such are the options for state leaders scrambling to react to …
Sep 24, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Judge rejects proposed property tax-cutting amendment TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A tax-slashing amendment is off the Jan. 29 presidential primary ballot – at least temporarily – after a judge Monday …
Sep 21, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Legislative leader promises Fla. businesses tax relief When Florida lawmakers swung into action to soothe the pain from soaring property taxes, the state’s business community bitterly complained that it had …
Sep 18, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Child at Westview Middle dies A 12-year-old student at Westview Middle School in Northwest Miami-Dade died after striking her head while playing outside at lunchtime, two witnesses told The Herald. …
Sep 17, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â High property tax bills confound owners Broward County Property Appraiser Lori Parrish has fielded the question ”values are dropping this year, so why did my assessment go up?” from property …