Local News By Susannah Bryan | sbryan@sunsentinel.com | South Florida Sun Sentinel PUBLISHED: March 9, 2026 at 7:00 AM EDT Tax reform jitters are spreading through cities across the state as legislators move forward with a plan set in motion by Gov. Ron DeSantis to give homesteaded property owners a much-needed tax break. Fort Lauderdale officials say they are well aware of the fiscal fallout that might be coming and are already making plans for what could be a worst-case scenario: A...

As tax cuts loom, digital billboards, cell towers on table By Abigail Hasebroock South Florida Sun Sentinel With potential property tax cuts on the horizon, Palm Beach County officials are considering creative new sources of revenue that won’t burden taxpayers. The ideas include digital billboards, school-zone cameras, cellphone towers and naming rights. If certain proposed property tax amendments are approved by voters in November, Palm Beach County could lose hundreds of millions of dollars...

The state House wants to give Floridians a dose of pretty-looking poison, bottled as a massive tax cut and dangled before voters on the November ballot. House Republicans passed a proposed constitutional amendment (HJR 203) that would — if 60% of voters approve — eliminate non-school property taxes on about half of Florida homes in 2027. For most cities in Broward and Palm Beach counties, it is a slow-motion fiscal catastrophe. Such a massive tax cut superficially sounds good, so many...