COUNTY 

WTXL 

Leon Co. shares concerns about impacts of potential property tax cuts 

Several bills are up for discussion this legislative session, looking into cutting property taxes for Floridians. 

 

Suncoast News Network 

Florida county breaks snowfall record, study shows  

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA)— Escambia County holds the record for the highest single-day snowfall in Florida, a study showed. 

 

North Escambia 

Escambia County Seeks $15 Million In Funding For Emergency Communications Modernization  

Escambia County commissioners have voted to advance an application seeking $15 million in Triumph Gulf Coast funding to modernize the county’s emergency communications system, a step aimed at strengthening day-to-day emergency response and improving reliability during hurricanes and other large-scale incidents. 

 

PROPERTY TAX 

WGCU 

Property tax proposal could be biggest encroachment on local government yet by the Legislature  

The Florida Legislature, with a long history of shifting authority away from local governments to itself, is now considering what some local officials consider the most significant such move of all – abolishing one of the main sources of revenue of local governments. 

 

LEGISLATION 

Florida Politics 

Jim Boyd, Will Robinson nix Manatee County Port Authority changes in face of cruise port concerns 

‘The proposed cruise terminal on Rattlesnake Key has understandably created public angst.’