The proposed vote-by-mail changes are designed to ensure the security of future elections; some critics say the bill is an attempt at voter suppression.
The leaders of Florida's Legislature on Wednesday said they've struck a deal allowing legislation to advance that would require remote sellers to collect and remit sales and use tax and expand the definition of retail sales to include marketplace facilitators.
Florida consumers would pay more for some online purchases and the money would be used to pay for a tax cut for businesses that have been hit with a tax hike to replenish the state’s unemployment compensation trust fund under a bill passed by a state House panel on Thursday.