 To view a complete story, click on a headline below:  Lawmakers end session with deep cuts in final budget On the last day of a legislative session dogged by economic troubles, Florida lawmakers Friday finalized a...
On Friday, May 5, 2008, Florida Senator Don Gaetz released the following report regarding education reforms enacted by the 2008 Regular Florida Legislative Session. A copy of Senator Gaetz’ report is reprinted...
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Â Proposed budget cuts $332M from schools Florida lawmakers are almost certain to pass a $66.2 billion budget Friday that would spread funding cuts across the state and...
 Note: The Public School Funding Conference Report and Legislative Appropriations Conference Report have been issued. Please click here to access both reports. To view a complete story, click on a headline below:  ...
Subsequent to the conclusion of the Joint Legislative Budget Conferences on Sunday, April 27, 2008, the attached Public School Funding Conference Report and Appropriations Conference Report have been issued. The Joint...
By a vote of 18-7 the Florida Taxation and Budget Review Commission today (April 24, 2008) passed CP0002, Commissioner John McKay’s proposal to reduce Florida’s propery tax and replace it with a one...
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Â House votes to put tax cap on ballot Measure would limit government revenue In what amounts to little more than an election-year statement, the House voted 79-38 on...
The Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission (“TBRC”) is scheduled to hold a two-day meeting during April 24 and 25, 2008. The TBRC will review the TBRC Style and Drafting Committee meetings, which also are...
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below:  Panel: Property-tax cap would pinch $6.3 billion from local collections A special panel of economic advisers calculated today that House Speaker Marco...
On April 18, 2008, Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, sent the attached letter addressed to the Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission regarding its current consideration of a “tax...