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In the News (August 2021)

Statewide Coverage. Statewide Impact.

Florida TaxWatch is constantly looking to spread the word about our research, recommendations, and programs, all in pursuit of serving each and every taxpayer in Florida. Below is just a selection of where we’ve popped up in the last few weeks!

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Tony Carvajal, Jonathan Guarine: Congress fails to learn lessons from bad policy (August 27, 2021)
Florida Politics (Tony Carvajal and Jonathatn Guarine)
Florida taxpayers should start to pay attention to a debate that is playing out behind the scenes in the halls of Congress and would have a very real effect on Floridians.

Florida TaxWatch Releases Report on How Pandemic Impacted Florida Colleges, Universities (August 27, 2021)
Florida Daily
The report introduces the distinctly new workforce that is emerging from the pandemic and explains how postsecondary training and education, a proven driver of economic mobility, is also evolving in order to be responsive and adaptable to inevitable, sudden change.

Guest column: Beyond the Pandemic: Long-Term Changes and Challenges for K-12 Education in Florida (August 8, 2021)
Dominic M. Calabro and Jonathan Guarine
Florida Times-Union (Online/ Newspaper)

The collective weight of school shutdowns, distance learning, and outside stressors had an immediate impact on student learning. An early study estimated that students would return to class in fall 2020 with around 70 percent of the learning gains in reading and 50 percent of the learning gains in math relative to previous years

Volusia County Council places some limits on public participation, dives back into budget (August 5, 2021)
Daytona Beach News Journal
That shakes out to $1,344 in annual property taxes per capita, according to 2019 data analyzed by the nonprofit Florida TaxWatch.

Florida’s COVID-addled job market still has storms ahead. Are state leaders getting ready? (August 2, 2021)
Daytona Beach News Journal
A new report by Florida Taxwatch is a brief, but thorough, assessment of Florida’s post-COVID economy. The report highlights several data points that may not have caught the attention of policy leaders including Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Legislature.

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Daytona Beach News Journal (Newspaper)
Gainesville Record (Newspaper)
St. Augustine Record (Newspaper)
Florida Times Union (Newspaper)
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Newspaper)
Florida Today (Newspaper)
Key West Citizen
Key West Citizen (Newspaper)

Radio & Television

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