Property-tax cuts move forward despite worries over emergency services

Florida Republicans moved forward four proposals to reduce property taxes in the state, in spite of growing fears of funding impacts to local and emergency services.  The House State Affairs Committee approved four proposed constitutional amendments this week, CBS News reported. Among them is HJR 201, which would eliminate non-school homestead property taxes and could cut local government revenue by $14.1 billion in the first year it is implemented, and up to $18 billion in later years, according to the Tallahassee Democrat. In addition to HJR 201, Republicans voted on party lines to pass HJR 205, which would do away […]

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