Starting this week, the state increased by about 10 percent the amount it and local governments set aside for the pensions of government workers, police officers, teachers and judges. Meanwhile, Florida remains one of only five states that don'...

The mayors thanked lawmakers who fought legislation that would have required cities to cough up more cash for services, without additional state funding.

"Unfunded mandates" is an unusual term for most people. Yet unfunded mandates affect all Floridians, which is why we believe it's important that they be stopped.

Speaking of budget cuts and the slide to mediocrity, a bill has been introduced in the Senate that would destroy the concept of home rule for local governments.

Frustrated over what they view as too many unfunded mandates coming out of the state capital, Florida’s mayors are shoving back with a new public awareness campaign.

TALLAHASSEE - A state appeals court has rejected a second challenge to tax breaks for Florida's primary homeowners.

There seems some confusion over the growth-management overhaul lawmakers passed last spring, which immediately drew a lawsuit from some local governments that gutted Florida’s transportation planning mandates.

With a ban on an income tax written into Florida's constitution, state and local governments are paid for primarily through sales and property taxes.

More Miami-Dade cities are joining Weston's lead in opposing the state's recently signed Growth Management Act. On Monday, the Village of Palmetto Bay Council agreed to spend $2,500 to join Weston in its litigation to challenge the...