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Gov. DeSantis in PCB to celebrate permanent one-month back-to-school sales tax holiday
Gov. Ron DeSantis stopped in Bay County on July 28 to celebrate that the monthlong back-to-school sales tax break is now ...
Attorneys: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees held without charges, barred from legal access
Civil rights lawyers seeking a temporary restraining order against an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades ...
School sales tax holiday begins Friday, for purchases on supplies, clothes, and computers
This spring, Florida lawmakers passed legislation to make the sales tax holiday for schools an annual occurrence ...
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‘These are human institutions’: Ron DeSantis admits possibility of Alligator Alcatraz deportee being wrongfully removed from U.S.
DeSantis then noted that the state “just did a payment for a guy who was in jail in Florida and he got released because he was wrongfully convicted,” before suggesting that Immigration and Customs ...
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Ron DeSantis and Blaise Ingoglia are probing Orange County government in next DOGE audit
DeSantis appears to be collecting ammunition claiming local governments’ spending is out of control even though Orange's property tax isn't rising.
Post recess, Manatee County to take steps this week on wetlands protection, D.O.G.E. audit
Manatee County commissioners will return to the dais this week for the first time since Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced D.O.G.E. audit.
'Allegations of excessive spending': Orange County to undergo DOGE audit
The State Department of Government Efficiency will audit what it calls "allegations of excessive spending that burdens taxpayers" in Orange County.
Federal judge challenges Texas company's suit against Florida over Haiti rescue costs
After a Texas-based company that helped evacuate people from war-torn Haiti in 2024 sued the state of Florida for nonpayment, a federal judge in Tallahassee wants to know why the case shouldn't be ...