by Capitolist Staff | Nov 25, 2025
Florida’s tourism industry generated $133.6 billion in economic impact in 2024, according to a new Visit Florida economic impact study released Tuesday. The report indicates that tax revenue linked to visitor spending reduced the amount Florida households would...
by The Center Square | Nov 25, 2025
Florida welcomes a new taxpayer about every two minutes while California loses one about every minute, according to new data. An analysis of data from the IRS conducted by the National Taxpayers Union Foundation found that Florida, Texas and North Carolina gain new...
by Capitolist Staff | Nov 24, 2025
The University of West Florida (UWF) Presidential Search Committee has named Interim President Manny Diaz Jr. as the sole finalist to become the institution’s seventh president. The decision, announced Friday, moves Diaz one step closer to a permanent appointment,...
by The Center Square | Nov 24, 2025
Eight plans to offer property tax relief in Florida have taken a step forward in the state legislature. All but one are constitutional amendments that would need 60% of voter approval to go into effect. They all cleared the House Select Committee on Property Taxes on...
by Capitolist Staff | Nov 23, 2025
Sen. Don Gaetz on Thursday filed legislation aimed at restructuring the funding and administrative framework of Florida’s school choice programs following a recent Auditor General report that identified significant tracking and accounting problems within the state’s...
by Edward Briggs | Nov 23, 2025
The United States has a long and proud history of invention, but we often struggle to fully put our innovations to work. We certainly know how to build and create technology, but it is another to deploy it broadly so that businesses, communities, and families truly...
by Brian Burgess | Nov 22, 2025
Hoo-boy. In more than a decade of covering Florida’s political scene, never have I ever opened a story with those two words. But here we are, all because Matthew Taylor, the almost-famous, almost-welder, almost-comedian, almost-county-commissioner, almost-governor,...
by Capitolist Staff | Nov 20, 2025
Sen. Corey Simon on Thursday filed a wide-ranging proposal aimed at reshaping economic development, infrastructure, health care, and education in rural counties across Florida ahead of the 2026 legislative session. The measure, Senate Bill 250, establishes new funding...
by The Center Square | Nov 20, 2025
U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida, indicted on charges of stealing $5 million in federal disaster funds and using some of it for her campaign, said Thursday she is innocent and has no plans to resign. In the meantime, she will step down from her position...
by Capitolist Staff | Nov 20, 2025
Some Florida lawmakers are urging President Donald J. Trump to withdraw portions of the Eastern Gulf Test and Training Range (EGTTR) from an upcoming federal offshore oil and gas lease sale, citing concerns that exploration in the area could disrupt military...
