Hurricane preparedness items like batteries, portable generators and tarps are permanently exempt from state sales tax.

But that is also its downfall. 🌀 2025 Hurricane Season Guide: Storm preparedness tips, supply list, evacuation zones ...

In the past, Florida residents have been able to take advantage of a tax break on essential household items needed to prepare ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — With the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season underway, city and county officials in the Tampa Bay area — as well as Florida's top officials — are urging residents to take ...

Everything you need to know before Hurricane season hits, as well as the supplies you need to keep you safe at home.

Lunch could be a tuna or chicken salad sandwich, peanut butter and jelly, or hummus with crackers and veggies. For dinner, try a buffalo chicken wrap, a chicken sandwich, or a bean salad with canned ...

WESH 2's Jason Guy and registered dietitian, Jennifer Beery, discuss wholesome emergency foods to keep store in storm supply ...

Instead, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed in to law a new, permanent, year-round tax exempt rule for many items that families would ...

Fox 4's Austin Schargorodski reports on Florida's new law making disaster prep supplies tax free year-round and how a local ...

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30. By Erin McCann Erin McCann is a senior editor on The Times’s weather team. June 1 was the first day of hurricane season in the ...

As FEMA prepares for hurricane season starting on Jun 1, the agency is ill-prepared, according to an internal document obtained by ABC News.

JUPITER, Fla. — With hurricane season starting on Sunday, no sales tax holidays have been scheduled yet due to the state legislature failing to reach agreement on a new budget. Speaking in ...