A FLORIDA WITHOUT PROPERTY TAXES appears no closer after a round of hearings by state lawmakers on the proposal from Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).
- The House Select Committee on Property Taxes concluded two days of testimony Tuesday that examined a pattern of escalating levies affecting almost every corner of the state. The committee was formed earlier this year in response to the governor’s proposal to either abolish or dramatically reduce property taxes.
- Several Republican lawmakers blamed mounting property taxes on excessive spending by local units of government and praised recent efforts to ferret out waste, fraud, and abuse through DeSantis’s ...