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

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

Most Florida schools will be starting as soon as they're legally allowed to, but you probably won't see any changed in start ...

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

With 2025 forecasted to be an active year, here’s what every traveler needs to know about staying safe during hurricane season.

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 ...

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 ...

As North Carolina's population continues to grow, legislators must remain focused on the state's housing supply.

A permanent statewide sales tax exemption is now in effect for a wide range of disaster preparedness supplies, allowing ...