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Former state representative Mike Caruso, newly Palm Beach County Clerk and Comptroller, briefs council on 2025 Florida legislative session
Summary
Mike Caruso, who was sworn in as Palm Beach County Clerk of Court and Comptroller at 12:01 a.m. before the meeting, summarized the recent Tallahassee session—highlighting immigration, tort reform, commercial lease tax repeal and budget allocations including an appropriation for a town water project.
Mike Caruso, newly sworn in as the Palm Beach County Clerk of Court and Comptroller, briefed the Town Council on the 2025 Florida legislative session and described several bills the Legislature debated and the state budget outcome.
Caruso said the session focused more on stopping legislation he considered harmful than passing new initiatives. He told the council he supported the governor’s veto of an immigration‑related special‑session bill that, as he described it, would have restricted cooperation between local law enforcement and…
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