Tampa and Orlando were also ranked highly for availability of jewelry stores. Orlando and Tampa are among the best major U.S. metros to celebrate Valentine’s Day....
House budget leaders want to increase facility funding for charter schools to more than $260 million, continuing a yearly trend of heavy investment in their infrastructure...
Back in December, CFO Blaise Ingoglia announced a push for an official Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight (FAFO), through which he’d centralize auditing powers and activities...
House lawmakers are proposing more than $51 million to expand and maintain mental health treatment bed capacity. It’s a notable increase that nevertheless underscores how far...
One question to watch during the 2026 Legislature: How much money goes to support the arts? Local theaters, museums and other arts organizations have been hit...
The University of South Florida (USF) stands to claim nearly $186 million in the 2026-27 fiscal year budget under the House proposed budget. That’s a nearly...
One high-profile Tampa Bay project appears to be missing from the House budget proposal: a $50 million appropriations request sponsored by Zephyrhills Republican Sen. Danny Burgess...
The House has unrolled its proposed state budget just hours after the Senate said not to expect numbers until next week. The spending plan comes in...
A House budget proposal includes $127 million for a new prison facility, contingent on approval of another bill. That seems to follow up on a state...
The budget proposal comes a day after the Senate voted in favor of reauthorizing the fund. The House’s proposed budget includes a $100 million transfer to...