COUNTY 

WFTV 

Property tax reform: How Amendment 3 will affect local budgets  

Analysts say the proposal on the ballot could save homeowners an average of $3,000 every year 

 

WUWF 

Gov. DeSantis awards $23 million to strengthen Florida’s defense sector, over $4 million to western panhandle 

Governor Ron DeSantis has announced nearly $23 million in investments to strengthen Florida’s defense workforce, military communities, and defense industrial base.   

 

Gulf Shore Business 

Collier expands conservation lands with $1.17 million deal  

The 6,672 acres of land Conservation Collier has acquired over 23 years for preservation just expanded through the purchase of 19 properties for $1.17 million — properties that will be used for hiking, nature photography, birdwatching, environmental education and other preservation purposes. 

 

PROPERTY TAXES 

Midflorida Newspaper 

Local governments plan budgets, with or without Amendment 3  

Nov. 3, Florida voters will be marking their ballots for several major races, including that of governor. 

 

Click Orlando 

Florida Gov. DeSantis says he’s ‘pleased’ with new language for property tax proposal 

ORLANDO, Fla. – After a judge ruled that the ballot language for the proposed property tax amendment was “misleading,” new ballot language has finally been revealed for the plan. 

 

Florida Politics 

Ron DeSantis says he will campaign for Amendment 3 after all 

How he does it will be determined. But the Governor is getting off the sidelines. 

 

Florida Politics 

Report: South Florida hospitals would absorb over two-thirds of Amendment 3’s healthcare impact 

Meanwhile, 2 rural hospital districts would lose most of their funding under the proposed change. 

 

TECHNOLOGY 

Positively Osceola 

Florida Orders Flock-Style License Plate Readers Removed from State Roads in Osceola County, Across Florida 

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — Automated license plate readers located along state-maintained roads in Florida must be removed within 30 days under a new directive from the Florida Department of Transportation. 

 

WOKV 

County-by-County | How area sheriffs are responding to FDOT’s order to remove Flock cameras 

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration gave the order Monday to shutdown use of a technology that has grown to be seemingly everywhere on state roads.   

 

92.5 

Pinellas County Moves To Ban Standalone Data Centers in Unincorporated Areas 

Pinellas County commissioners instructed staff Tuesday to draft a resolution declaring that standalone data centers aren’t permitted in unincorporated areas. They don’t plan to authorize them either.   

 

LEGISLATION 

Click Orlando 

Here are all of the new Florida laws taking effect next month 

Over a dozen laws set to take effect on Oct. 1 

 

Florida Politics 

Ron DeSantis courts Wyman Duggan, suggests AI and medical freedom bills could be up in Special Session 

Time is running short before Election Day, but the Governor clearly wants to finish strong.