Municipal leaders unsure how they will make up lost revenue
By Rich Pollack
Florida’s homestead exemption will be increasing next year — meaning additional savings to large numbers of homeowners — following the passage of Amendment 3, but lawmakers m
Local governments view tax relief on ballot as state threat to their authority
Related: Editor's Note: Is Amendment 3 the right tool to promote tax savings?
See how Amendment 3 would affect your own property tax bill: Amendment 3 Homestead calculator
Related: Amendment 3: Power struggle?
See how Amendment 3 would affect your own property tax bill: Amendment 3 Homestead calculator
Readers of The Coastal Star have often commented to me that they appreciate our balanced news coverage. I pray you tak
Displays are meant to educate, not persuade, officials say
Ocean Ridge Hammock Park is among county parks with signs at entrances and parking lots to remind residents that their tax dollars support public facilities. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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Voters could make it harder to get municipal funds
Related: Amendment 3: Signs remind residents of where their tax dollars go to work
See how Amendment 3 would affect your own property tax bill: Amendment 3 Homestead calculator
By Rich Pollack
It wa
By John Pacenti
Tallahassee’s drip, drip, drip erosion of home rule is about to become a tsunami as Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican supermajority’s war on municipalities is now aimed at draining their lifeblood: property taxes.
If the most extre
By Steve Plunkett
If mayoral candidate Bernard Korn votes in the city’s Aug. 28 special election, it will be the first ballot he has ever cast in Palm Beach County, the county’s top elections official says.
Korn registered to vote for the first time
