EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT  

Finnoexpert 

Florida plans for peak hurricane season amid storm of FEMA reforms  

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — The Trump administration’s talk about drastically altering FEMA’s role in disaster recovery has generated heavy uncertainty.   

 

LEGISLATION 

Florida Politics 

Budget conference: Gov. DeSantis’ office gets power to investigate local governments 

DOGE roadshow to hit a town near you. 

 

Florida Phoenix 

Legislature approves tax cut package, budget after extended session marked by GOP infighting  

The GOP-led Legislature approved a $115.1 billion budget for the next fiscal year, plus a $1.3 billion tax cut package, nearing midnight on Monday after a tumultuous and unusually long legislative session. 

 

Around Osceola 

Florida lawmakers pass $115.1 billion budget as session ends 

By Jim Turner and Tom Urban — One of the more-contentious legislative sessions in recent history came to a close late Monday as lawmakers approved a $115.1 billion budget for next fiscal year and prepared to send it to Gov. Ron DeSantis. 

 

Orlando Sentinel 

Florida moves to shield public officials’ home addresses 

Florida elected officials have received harrowing threats, prompting a move to shield their home addresses well before the weekend assassination of  a state representative, the killing of her husband, and the shooting of a state senator and his wife over the weekend in Minnesota. 

 

Orlando Sentinel  

Proposal to shift tourist revenue from advertising to public works dies 

TALLAHASSEE – A state legislative proposal to free up hundreds of millions of dollars a year in tourist tax revenue for local governments to spend on mass transit, roads and other projects that benefit Florida residents has been scrapped.