Florida Tax Watch

Florida TaxWatch announced the winners today for the Prudential Productivity Award. Going the extra mile for taxpayers, the Guardian Ad Litem Program and…

Florida Tax Watch is calling for Governor Rick Scott to veto money for more than 100 projects it calls “budget turkeys” that didn’t go through the…

Since 2009, Florida has seen a steady increase in the number of visitors to the Sunshine State, and has had record tourism numbers. A new study by a…

The number of employed Floridians is returning to pre-recession levels. The news comes from a Florida TaxWatch mid-year job growth report.According to…

Governor Rick Scott signed a record budget of about $77 billion into law Monday.Scott Signs BudgetThis year’s budget is 3.5 percent higher than last…

This week, several activist groups were asking a circuit court judge in Tallahassee to toss out the state’s congressional voting maps. They argue the maps…

The government watch dog group, Florida Tax Watch has identified about $120-million slated for spending under next year’s budget that the group says were…

Government watchdog group Florida TaxWatch is defending the release of a report in favor of closing the state’s most popular retirement option to newly…

A former Florida Senate President has died, and the fiscal watchdog group that he co-founded is remembering Phil Lewis. Between 1970 and 1980, Lewis…

Florida House and Senate conferees have begun trying to work out the differences between the two chambers’ versions of the new state budget. Nearly all…