Florida Amendment 3 - Save Our Homes From Excessive Property Taxes This amendment benefits Florida taxpayers by: Exempting homestead properties from taxation. Exempts the first $250,000 of a homestead’s value from taxation for all levies other than school district levies and requires, ...
In newsroom jargon, we call stories that repeat annually “evergreens.” Some are welcome. Who doesn’t await rainy season? Others, not so much. “Kitten season” is among the latter. Yes, we have among us those who unabashedly call ourselves “pet parents” and the “kitten ...
Appropriately coinciding with the official start of hurricane season Gov. Ron DeSantis has called for a special legislative session to push his “Save Our Homes” plan to slash property taxes. “Today in Tampa, I outlined the Save Our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes plan that will ...
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation this week that his office says strengthens protections against two things — any implementation of religious laws and terrorism, foreign or home-grown. “To uphold the rule of law, our state must operate under one legal system, the Constitution must ...
Lee County will again return to its rural roots next week when the Southwest Florida Ag Expo opens Thursday afternoon at Mike Greenwell Regional Park in North Fort Myers. The traditional ribbon cutting at 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 26 will herald in 11 days of fair-type fun — midway rides and games, ...
By School District of Lee County estimates, 3,400 students took part in walkouts last week in protest of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions. The walkouts took place at 13 of the district’s high schools — all but two — and at one middle school in south county. School ...
