'Sustainable for the long term': Ben Albritton defends Senate’s commitment to ‘meaningful tax relief’

Orlando Rep. Anna Eskamani talks taxes, the governor, labor, and more

Florida’s 2025 legislative session is going to overtime, but as of Friday morning, even legislators didn’t know when they’re actually going to get to work. “There has been no internal communication to lawmakers,” Eskamani told WMNF Tampa public affairs program The Skinny. “It’s incredibly frustrating as it pertains to the state budget.” Her comments came minutes after a Friday morning memo from House Speaker Rep. Daniel Perez, who wrote that Sen…

$2.8 Billion Tax Cut Deal Collapses as Senate President Calls It Unsustainable in Light of Budget Shortfalls

A $2.8 billion tax cut deal reached between Senate President Ben Albritton and House Speaker Daniel Perez last week to help bring the 2025 regular session to a close is now off the table. The breakdown means legislators are nowhere near coming up with a new budget, which needs to be in place by July 1 or the state risks a government shutdown. The post $2.8 Billion Tax Cut Deal Collapses as Senate President Calls It Unsustainable in Light of Comi…

Florida’s legislative budget talks ‘blew up’ in tangle over tax cuts

House Speaker Daniel Perez accused Senate President Ben Albritton of backing out of a “historic tax proposal” that the leaders outlined last week as they extended the annual legislative session to reach a budget deal.

Budget, tax deal off the table • Florida Phoenix

Florida Capitol and Old Capitol. (Photo by Michael Moline/Florida Phoenix)A $2.8 billion tax cut deal reached between Senate President Ben Albritton and House Speaker Daniel Perez last week to help bring the 2025 regular session to a close is now off the table. The breakdown means legislators are nowhere near coming up with a new budget, which needs to be in place by July 1 or the state risks a government shutdown. The Friday morning announcemen…

Florida budget talks derailed as DeSantis, lawmakers tangle over tax cuts

Legislative budget talks blew up Friday, as the House, the Senate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tangle over tax cuts.

'Sustainable for the long term': Ben Albritton defends Senate’s commitment to ‘meaningful tax relief’

Just minutes after House Speaker Daniel Perez sent a memo to House members declaring budget negotiations have “blown up,” Senate President Ben Albritton sent his own memo to Senate members defending the upper chamber’s stance. The House has proposed — and so far, has been unmoved from — a tax relief proposal that would cut one-quarter of a percentage point from the state sales tax. Albritton had been working with the House to reach a compromise …