Sales Tax

Are Newspapers Pocketing Illegal Taxes?

Banana Republican - Transit Follies

Sorry, Lungs, Florida Remains a Smoker's Haven

The American Lung Association released Florida's annual smoking report card, and we got three Fs. As in F'ing awesome? No, as in one out of five Floridians are slowly F'ing killing themselves. Whoops. The ALA recognizes the state for increasing its tobacco control funding, but overall we're still fa ... More >>

It's Only Money

Owing to bureaucratic bad judgment, Miami Beach taxpayers will have to pay (and pay, and pay) for the city's vaunted new parking garage

Submarine Politics

Alex Penelas learned his lesson in 1999; this year's transit-tax campaign is all below the surface

Revenge of the Penny Tax

FIU and MDCC foundations draw new scrutiny from state investigators

Alex Penelas's Rite of Passage

FIU and MDCC foundations draw new scrutiny from state investigators

Whichever Way the Wind Blows

FIU and MDCC foundations draw new scrutiny from state investigators

In a Democratic Wet Dream, We'd Belong to the State of the Everglades

​It's not exactly uncommon to hear someone floating around the political fantasy of South Florida becoming its own state. Not to say it'd ever actually happen, but c'mon, we all know the rest of Florida is holding us back. Well, a new political map that redraws the United States with the idea ... More >>

Herman Cain is Now Leading in Florida

​Suggesting that yesterday's national poll may not have been some sort of insane statistical outlier, a new poll from American Research Group of likely Florida primary voters shows that Herman Cain is now on top of the heap in the Florida. He leads Mitt Romney by six points. Meanwhile, the rise an ... More >>

GOP Lawmaker Files Bill to Raise Florida's Sales Tax by 3 Percent

​It's not often you see Republican politicians filing bills to raise taxes, but that's exactly what Rep. Fred Costello of Ormond Beach has done. He has introduced a bill that would add a 3 percent surtax to Florida's sales tax. The bill also supports the idea of added taxes to Internet purchases a ... More >>