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STAR plan for more buses and trains on Orange roads takes first step (opens the original)
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Orange County is studying a plan to greatly expand its rail and bus transportation — but officials want to know if it’s actually enough to ease congestion in a region Commissioner Kelly Semrad calls “Carlando.” The STAR plan, an acronym for Sunshine Transit Advancement Resolution, aims to create rapid transit lines across vast stretches of the county, including along most of Colonial Drive as well as Semoran Boulevard and the Orange Blossom Trail. While commissioners took no formal vote after a
Orlando signs off on $1.88 billion budget as Amendment 3 looms (opens the original)
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Orlando officials signed off Monday on a spending plan about $82 million higher than last year as the city braces for a potential reckoning on local budget revenues at the ballot box this fall. Like the vast majority of Central Florida cities and counties, Orlando also kept its property tax rate flat at $6.65 per $1,000 of taxable value. But property owners will see about 6% higher bills due to home values increasing from last year. The final $1.88 billion budget comes as the public is more clos
How much will city or county budgets be slashed if Amendment 3 passes? (opens the original)
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A new online calculator shows how each city and county across Florida would be impacted by Amendment 3. The Florida Policy Institute released the tool Tuesday morning, contending that voters deserve the full picture of the fallout of slashing their property tax pools, the most important funding source for core city and county services. It’s available at https://amendment3.floridapolicyinstitute.org/. “We hope that this tool will help bring the potential impacts to amendment 3 and the property ta
Do Democrats have a chance in November in GOP-dominated Florida? (opens the original)
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In a state that has become a Republican bastion — where the GOP has been in the governor’s mansion for nearly 30 years, holds a supermajority in the legislature and loves that President Donald Trump calls Florida home — Democrats are not used to optimism. But in 2026, amid a toxic national environment for the GOP, Republican campaigns are suddenly sounding the alarms and backing away from Trump, as recent polls and analyses show Florida’s statewide contests tightening ahead of the November elect
Byron Donalds says hotel taxes should be used for infrastructure (opens the original)
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds said Thursday he supports broadening the uses of hotel taxes in Florida, specifically to allow the levy on room nights and short-term rental stays to be spent on transportation and infrastructure projects. While both he and his Democratic opponent David Jolly have said they support reform, Donalds said he prefers counties maintain control of the funds. Jolly has said counties should be able to use some tourist tax funds locally, but he also wants
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