A more than $4 billion dollar difference between the House and Senate budget proposals is detailed in the latest Budget Watch from Florida TaxWatch. The nonpartisan taxpayer watchdog group’s annual analysis of the initial budgets shows that the largest point of contention between the chambers is in funding the health and human services portion of the budget.
GrowFL, a state program designed to grow and develop the biggest job-creating companies in Florida should be expanded, according to this report, which shows that the program’s impact statewide over the next ten years would help produce 25,000 jobs, diversify the state economy and provide positive return on Florida’s investments.
State and local economic development professionals, with help from the Florida Legislature, are working to diversify the Panhandle’s economy using the area’s transportation assets, skilled
This report addresses whether Florida should broaden its sales tax base by reducing exemptions as a funding mechanism for growth. Chairman Philip D. Lewis and
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