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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Florida’s new state budget goes in to effect today, but the new budget does not include a sales tax holiday for hurricane supply kit items. Instead, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed in ...

The sales tax holiday includes dozens of supplies local emergency operations centers recommend you have on-hand in the event of a hurricane.

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 ...

A major infusion of state funds revives Florida's flagship home-hardening grant program to protect homeowners and potentially ...

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