Jim Turner - News Service of Florida
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The month-long sales tax "holiday" for back-to-school shoppers starts Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. -
The proposed rules include a lottery-style permitting process, up to 187 bears being killed in four areas of the state and guidelines to encourage hunters to kill male bears. -
A special election will need to be called to fill Ingoglia’s Senate seat, which represents Citrus, Hernando and Sumter counties and part of Pasco County. -
DeSantis signed the tax-cut package as he also approved a new state budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, which will start Tuesday. -
The Commission for Public Higher Education will need federal approval. Other participants are university systems in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. -
USF agreed to name the Center for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Research for Sen. Darryl Rouson weeks after the House outraged senators by removing the proposal for the center from a bill. -
It would take effect with the July 1 start of the 2025-2026 fiscal year but remains subject to vetoes from Gov. Ron DeSantis. -
The House and Senate will vote on the package next week along with a budget for 2025-26. The plan is projected to reduce state and local government revenue by about $1.3 billion next fiscal year. -
The goal is to get the budget finished this week, along with accompanying bills that will include a tax package. -
The House and Senate are expected to vote June 16 on the budget and a tax package.
