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The program, which which ended in January, started again this week. It will provide 50 percent credits to motorists with SunPass or other Florida transponders who make 35 or more toll-road trips a month.

Gov. DeSantis is proposing that lawmakers approve $1.5 billion in tax cuts that include items purchased for infants, children and pets, along with expanded tax "holidays."

They include toll credits for frequent drivers and measures to combat the rising cost of property insurance.

Transponder users will receive 50 percent credits each month they record 35 or more toll-road trips. The financial ratings agency wonders what will happen when the program ends,

Gov. DeSantis signed a bill offering credits for frequent toll users.

In addition to providing $1.25 billion for homeowners impacted by Hurricanes Ian and Nicole, it expands on a current toll rebate program.

One of the bills ) calls for spending $751 million, including providing property-tax refunds for homes that sustained major damage in Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole.

Conservationists have a five-amendment rights of nature ballot drive going on right now. This is the first in a series looking at each of the rights of nature amendments. This story is about the Stop New Toll Roads amendment.

Chuck O'Neal, chairman of the Florida Rights of Nature Network, discusses the impact five amendments to the Florida constitution will have across the state.

The bill means there will be no new toll road linking Collier and Polk counties. It does, however, require that the Florida Department of Transportation draw up plans to extend U.S. 19 from the Suncoast Parkway to Interstate 10 in Madison County.

The Rights of Nature initiative was overwhelmingly passed by Orange County voters last fall. Now, activists statewide are hoping to get not just one, but five Rights of Nature constitutional amendment changes on the ballot in 2022.

SunPass Portable and SunPass Mini will continue to be the state’s recognized brand and accepted in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina.