Jacob Ogles

1 week ago | advocate.com | Jacob Ogles

The man suspected of assassinating a Democratic lawmaker in Minnesota and her husband gave an anti-LGBTQ+ speech in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2023. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. Minnesota authorities arrested Vance Boelter on second-degree murder and two charges of attempted second-degree murder, according to a Fox affiliate in Minneapolis. Court documents allege Boelter killed Minnesota state Rep.

1 week ago | floridapolitics.com | Jacob Ogles

Card rooms and horse tracks will see tax relief from a budget negotiated by appropriations leaders in the Florida Legislature. A tax cuts package includes a 2% reduction in the pari-mutuel tax paid by cardrooms in the state. The state currently charges a 10% tax on cardroom’s monthly receipts, but the state budget calls for a reduction to go into place in August. Rep. Wyman Duggan, House Ways and Means Committee Chair, said the goal is to ensure cardrooms can still employ people across the state.

1 week ago | floridapolitics.com | Jacob Ogles

Lawmakers brought the elimination of a jet fuel tax in for a landing this Session. When appropriation chiefs for the House and Senate finalized a state budget, a long-sought repeal of the aviation fuel tax was included. That means when various forms of tax relief go into effect in August, a 4.27-cent levy on every gallon of the commodity will disappear. That has been a House priority, originally advanced as a standalone bill (HB 1485) by Rep. Fabián Basabe, a Miami Beach Republican.

1 week ago | floridapolitics.com | Jacob Ogles

On the 102 days of negotiations about what taxes in Florida to slash, legislative leaders unveiled almost its tax package for the coming fiscal year. Nearly $1.3 billion in savings were included, some with revenue costs in the hundreds of millions and others delivering much smaller sums. The biggest tax savings come with the repeal of Florida’s business rent tax. Florida for years has been the only state to assess a tax, 2% last year, on business leases.

2 weeks ago | floridapolitics.com | Jacob Ogles

Legislative budget leaders unrolled a final tax relief package that eliminates the business rent tax and sets a back-to-school sales tax holiday. In total, proposed tax cuts add up to $1.29 billion in cuts. But after arguments about sales and property tax cuts pushed lawmakers into an extended Session, the bulk of savings came chiefly in savings to businesses. Nearly $905 million in general revenue cuts come from completely repealing Florida’s business rent tax, a levy charged by no other state.