Newspaper and magazine subscriptions and most charter fishing trips would lose their sales tax exemptions if lawmakers pass a bill proposed by a House panel Monday. ...more

April 21, 2009

Repeal ridiculous sales tax exemptions? Never. Just cut the budget and reduce services. Lay off workers so they will not be able to pay their property taxes. Add more seniors to the waiting list for Meals on Wheels - they really don't need to eat much. Put 40 kids in a classroom so they can really get to know each other. ...more

April 2, 2009

It would cost more to drive a car and go to college and some top school officials may take pay cuts under the Florida Senate's first budget draft released Friday. ...more

March 27, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist urged Floridians to help persuade the federal government to release $3.4 billion to the state in recovery money for education Thursday as he announced Florida's stimulus Web site is up and running. ...more

March 19, 2009

Not ostrich feed. Not even stadium skyboxes. Neither Republicans nor Democrats suggested repealing a single sales tax exemption at Monday's meeting of the state House Finance and Tax Council, which ended in a fury of partisan finger-pointing when chairwoman Ellyn Bogdanoff abruptly cut off discussion. ...more

March 17, 2009

The 2009 legislative session will be dominated by the economy, but it's not all lawmakers will be dealing with when they begin work Tuesday. ...more

March 2, 2009

Just when it looked like the sky was falling, President Barack Obama and the federal government came to Florida's rescue with a $12.2 billion stimulus gift. No state needed it more. ...more

March 1, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist released a proposal this afternoon that relies on billions of federal stimulus dollars to boost state spending by $1 billion next fiscal year. ...more

February 20, 2009

Here's hoping that the most significant event to come out of the upcoming legislative session is not the formal debut of newly anointed House Speaker Larry Cretul. The Ocala Republican takes over for Ray Sansom, whose Funnel Vision finally caught up with him. ...more

February 11, 2009

Here's hoping that the most significant event to come out of the upcoming legislative session is not the formal debut of newly anointed House Speaker Larry Cretul. The Ocala Republican takes over for Ray Sansom, whose Funnel Vision finally caught up with him. ...more

February 11, 2009