Florida last year recorded a homicide rate of 5.9 per 100,000 residents, compared to the U.S. rate of 6.5 per 100,000 and the state’s 5.2 rate a decade earlier, according to newly released FBI crime data.
The total amount of federal public education stimulus funds that Florida received from Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic is $10.9 billion, according to a tally from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
The average travel time to get to work in Fort Lauderdale is now 29.9 minutes, making it the worst city for commuting in Florida, according to a new analysis from the insurance comparison website Insurify.
The collective wealth of Florida residents increase $17.7 billion in 2019 due to population migration trends, according to a new analysis of Internal Revenue Service data by the nonprofit Wirepoints website.
Under Democrat Joe Biden’s federal tax plan, the top marginal tax rate in Florida could hit 49.34 percent, according to a new analysis by the Tax Foundation.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis received a grade of “B” from the Washington-based CATO Institute for his tax and spending policies since 2018, according to a ranking of governors that comes out every two years.
More than 130,000 K-12 students would lose their scholarships and be required to attend their local public schools if Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden wins the White House.
Florida will lose $1.3 billion in total state and local tax revenue from the hotel industry due to COVID-19, according to an Oxford Economics estimate released by the American Hotels and Lodging Association.