Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A bill filed in the Florida Legislature for the 2026 session would change the way that high-speed electric bicycles are regulated, posing potentially significant implications for both…
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Florida laws taking effect Oct. 1 (Part One)
Bri Rodriguez ECB Publishing, Inc. Nearly 30 new state laws took effect across Florida on Oct.1, covering everything from public safety and education to housing and digital privacy. These changes touch nearly…
Bill seeks to make an exception to minimum wage law
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again, seems to be the motto among some Florida legislators. A case in point is House Bill 221,…
County wins in truck stop lawsuit
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Unless the decision is appealed, Jefferson County prevailed in its legal dispute with the Solero Land Company over local officials’ denial of a mega truck stop that…
Greenville man dies in roll-over crash
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. A man from Greenville, Fla., perished in a single-car accident around 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 30, 2025. The Florida Highway Patrol reports that the 49-year-old man’s sport…
Slew of bills take aim at property taxes
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A slew of tax-relief measures have thus far been filed in the Florida Legislature for the 2026 session, all of them aiming to reduce or eliminate property…
What’s there not to like about a little extra property tax relief?
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. When property owners soon get their tax notices from the tax collector office for the current fiscal year, they will find a slight downward adjustment to the…
County joins statewide effort to promote economic development
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County is getting more serious about promoting economic development. The Jefferson County Commission recently ratified a Primary County Partner Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Florida…
Daylight Saving Time ends Nov. 2
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Until the Sunshine Protect Act passes in Congress making Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent – if it ever passes – Floridians will have to continue “springing forward”…
Donations sought for U.S. Army monument at national cemetery
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A fundraising effort is underway for the creation and placement of a U.S. Army Memorial Monument on the Memorial Walkway of the Tallahassee National Cemetery off the…
School district recognizes Back-to-School Event donors
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Public seating for the Oct. 13 meeting of the Jefferson County School Board was filled with representatives from a wide array of donors who had contributed to…
New state law removes commission from subdivision decisions
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The legislature’s assault on home rule continues, with the latest salvo a new state law that requires local governments to review and approve plats and replats administratively,…
New bill aims to lower age for buying guns
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A bill has been introduced in the Florida Legislature for the 2026 session that seeks to lower the minimum age for the purchase of firearms in the…
Some Aucilla Shores residents spared having to pay special assessment
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A number of Aucilla Shores Subdivision residents who were unintentionally spared having to pay a special assessment for three years due to a coding error won’t now…
Duke grants $50k to five local groups
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Duke Energy presented five grant awards totaling $50,000 at the Oct. 7 member luncheon of the Monticello-Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce. Scott Mixon, who handles local public…
Fatal injuries result from crash into tree
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. At around 12:50 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18, a Panama City man suffered fatal injuries when his vehicle crashed into a tree on I-10 in Jefferson County….
County enters agreements with five groups that receive public funds
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. County officials recently approved agreements with five organizations that receive public funding from the county via a program that awards small grants to deserving groups whose work…
County’s share of Medicaid contribution is $166,000+
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County Commissioners recently signed a letter of agreement with the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) as part of the county’s required annual contribution to Medicaid,…
Multiple local governments sue state over new law favorable to developers
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The opposition to a state law that restricts local governments from adopting certain land-use regulations and development codes for a period of time following hurricanes, continues building…
Scammer arrested in Jefferson County on multiple felonies
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Contributor On Monday, October 6, 2025, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) Investigative Division was contacted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI) regarding an ongoing fraud investigation….