by Brian Burgess | Apr 30, 2023
For decades, every American driver paying to fill the tank on a gas-guzzling SUV or even a fuel-efficient hybrid electric car has simultaneously helped pay for the roads they drive on, too. Fuel taxes, paid at the pump, are collected by both the federal and state...
by Capitolist Staff | Apr 25, 2023
Florida ranks 12th highest in the nation for tax rates on gasoline at 35.23 cents per gallon. Each state imposes its own excise tax on top of the federal tax of 18.4 cents per gallon, with state taxes accounting for anywhere from 2.3% to 16.5% of the total cost of...
by Brian Burgess | Apr 18, 2023
Federal damage assessment teams have been requested by the DeSantis Administration to survey damage from heavy rains, flooding and tornadoes in Southeast Florida. State emergency officials are using tanker trucks and water pumps to help remove water from the area,...
by Brian Burgess | Apr 16, 2023
In a stunning display of journalistic objectivity, Vox.com writer Rachel Durose somehow found a way to publish a scientifically-sound analysis of Florida’s red tide problem while avoiding the increasingly popular political blame game that is ever present in the...
by Brian Burgess | Apr 13, 2023
A well-known South Florida environmental activist, Mary Barley, attempted to block public access to a taxpayer-funded path to an Islamorada beach using trash cans and fencing as obstacles. After failing to convince the Village of Islamorada to give her the property,...
by Brian Burgess | Apr 13, 2023
Two new solar plants, operated by Duke Energy Florida are now generating 150 megawatts of electricity in the Sunshine State Together, the two plants are capable of powering 46,000 homes at peak output. The plants are part of Duke’s ongoing shift from fossil...
