Amendment 1 could improve insurance rates statewide, property appraisers say
This November, Florida voters will be asked to give homeowners who “improve the property’s resistance to flood damage” a tax break by preventing the property’s assessed value from going up because of the flood mitigation improvement project.
Demings cements general election matchup against Rubio for US Senate seat
In the U.S. Senate race, Tuesday's primary is expected to cement a general election matchup between incumbent Republican Marco Rubio and Democratic congresswoman Val Demings, who is giving up her Orlando-based seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Broward school district tries to fix bad Spanish translation on Primary ballots
With voting already under way in Florida’s Aug. 23 election, officials in a county where about one in four voters are Hispanic are scrambling to fix a Spanish translation error that can’t help efforts to raise more money for education.