A permanent statewide sales tax exemption in Florida will apply to emergency items such as flashlights, portable generators ...

The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on ...

Permanently tax-free items include equipment needed for power outages like portable generators, gas cans under 5 gallons and ...

Along with the school tax holiday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced a permanent, year-round hurricane preparedness sales tax ...

Barry and Chantel were short-lived tropical storms but their remnants caused killer flooding in Texas and North Carolina.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law that ends sales tax on certain disaster items and creates a yearly sales tax ...

State Sen. Tina Polsky, who represents Parkland and the surrounding area in the Florida Senate, decries a sales tax holiday ...

When the Orlando Sentinel started investigating the payments, the DeSantis administration sent a threatening, unsigned ...

State Sen. Tina Polsky, who represents Parkland and the surrounding area in the Florida Senate, decries a sales tax holiday ...

JUPITER, Fla. — With hurricane season starting on Sunday, no sales tax holidays have been scheduled yet due to the state legislature failing to reach agreement on a new budget.

When Sam Scribner and Katarina Mandiola discovered their roof was badly leaking ahead of hurricane season, the $30,000 price tag to repair it felt insurmountable. Scribner, a well-known photographer ...

The call to Skip Simmons, CEO of a mentorship program in Volusia County, came from out of the blue. One evening in December of 2022, he said, someone from the governor’s office phoned and told him to ...