By Christine Sexton | Senior Reporter
“Understand, many legislators are reading this amendment for the first time and trying to understand what it really does now. They didn’t think it was going to pass.” — Former Sen. Jeff Brandes
Gov. Ron DeSantis hosted a news conference at the Florida Capitol following the 2026 elections, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix)
Voters on Tuesday signed off on a sweeping measure to cut property taxes. Now Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to pass measures tied to Amendment 3 before he leaves office in January. But it doesn't sound like the next House speaker or Senate President share his sense of urgency since the effect of the amendment won't kick in until later in 2027.
Democrats had a monumental night across the nation, but those Republicans running for statewide offices in Florida managed to win tight races. Still Democrats did have some successes. Top party leaders maintain what happened should convince national Democrats to invest more in the state in the future.
COMMENTARY
Columnist Craig Pittman is urging soon-to-be Gov. Byron Donalds to take serious steps to clean up some of the environmental "messes" that now exist in the Sunshine State. He suggests that Donalds finally get a handle on water pollution, mandate that the Department of Environmental Protection live up to its name, mitigate the damage caused by the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center in the Everglades and retool Florida's environmental land buying programs.
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