New Florida bill could make raising local taxes harder for local governments
That started moving forward Monday in the Legislature.
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That started moving forward Monday in the Legislature.
A Florida House panel voted unanimously in favor of a proposal early Friday that would enforce a 12-year term limit for county commissioners.
A controversial measure in the Legislature that would remove restrictions on work hours for 16- and 17-year-olds sparked concerns from members of the public Wednesday, saying teens could potentially be harmed by the changes. The proposal by Tampa Bay-area Republican Rep. Linda Chaney (HB 49) would allow 16- and 17-year olds to work more than […]
Florida has a solution to education issues: It’s called child labor.
Florida has the nation’s worst learning rate. Maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise that in a state where dictionaries get banned from libraries and teachers get fired for using a gender-neutral pronoun, students go home with 12% less knowledge than the national average. However, Florida students are bei...