by The Center Square | Aug 18, 2025
Nearly $5,000 in tax cut savings is projected on average for Floridians, a report from The Tax Foundation says. Long range, more than 68,000 jobs are forecast to be added in the state as well, says the international nonprofit research organization publishing studies...
by Capitolist Staff | Aug 15, 2025
Florida’s unemployment rate held at 3.7 percent in July, the same as in June but up from 3.4 percent a year earlier, according to state figures released Friday. The national rate stood at 4.2 percent. The state added 7,300 jobs in July, bringing seasonally adjusted...
by Capitolist Staff | Aug 13, 2025
Five universities in the State University System of Florida have been ranked among the top 100 nationwide for utility patents for the eighth consecutive year, according to the National Academy of Inventors’ 2024 list, released this week. The rankings measure the...
by The Center Square | Aug 13, 2025
An aging population in Florida is increasing demand for “vastly different and more costly forms of health care,” according to new report from a taxpayer group. The study Hospice and Pallative Care by Florida TaxWatch focuses on palliative treatments – the management...
by Capitolist Staff | Aug 12, 2025
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday appointed state Sen. Jay Collins as Florida’s lieutenant governor, filling a post that had been vacant since February when Jeanette Núñez resigned to become president of Florida International University. A Republican from Hillsborough...
by The Center Square | Aug 12, 2025
A 2023 Florida law designed to generate more affordable housing has produced “real gains but also real friction,” according to a nonprofit taxpayer group. The Live Local Act was designed to increase the number of affordable housing units through property tax...
