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BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT: Senate President Ben Albritton says the measure will bring what he calls a “Rural Renaissance to ...

Meanwhile, House Speaker Daniel Perez came out Wednesday with a proposal to decrease the state sales-tax rate from 6 percent ...

Florida’s rural counties could only be months from an economic springboard. With the unanimous passage of Senate Bill 110 — ...

The bill will create the Office of Rural Prosperity at the Florida Department of Commerce ... a measure on the 2026 ballot increasing the homestead exemption from $25,000 to $75,000.

One proposal (Senate Bill 1018) involves raising the homestead exemption from $25,000 of assessed value to $75,000. Florida bill seeks to triple homestead exemption "People are getting squeezed ...

Amendment 5 would tie the state’s homestead exemption to the annual national inflation rate. Currently, Florida homeowners can get a property tax break of up to $50,000 of their home’s ...

Florida’s rural communities have long been the backbone of our state, sustained by industries that have flourished for generations. Among them, the thoroughbred horse industry stands as a pillar ...

The bill will create the Office of Rural Prosperity at the Florida Department of Commerce to provide technical ... It would ...

Senate President Ben Albritton says the measure will bring what he calls a “Rural Renaissance to Florida.” “As I’ve traveled the state, what I’ve seen is just an eminence amount of ...