SEBRING, Fla.- Today, Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal Blaise Ingoglia announced over $5 million in funding to Florida fire departments. This funding supports the improvement of firefighter safety and training to help protect their communities.

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla.- Today, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Blaise Ingoglia announced that Broward County is excessively and wastefully spending over $189 million above the amount that would account for population growth and inflation in its General Fund Budget. CFO Ingoglia is calling upon Broward County to eliminate this wasteful spending and offer even more substantial property tax relief for its residents now.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Today, Governor Ron DeSantis, along with unanimous support of the Florida Cabinet, passed an agenda item to convey a 2.63-acre parcel in Miami Dade County adjacent to the Freedom Tower for the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library.

ALACHUA, Fla. –Today, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Blaise Ingoglia announced that Alachua County is excessively spending over $84 million above the amount that would account for population growth and inflation in its General Fund Budget. CFO Ingoglia is calling upon Alachua County to take action for its residents now, and remove this waste from their budget.

BRANDON, Fla.- Today, Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia announced that Hillsborough County is excessively spending $278 million above the amount that would account for population growth and inflation in its General Fund Budget. CFO Ingoglia is calling upon Hillsborough County to remove this waste from their budget and offer property tax relief to Hillsborough County residents.

During a seven-day-long undercover human trafficking operation, which began on September 8, 2025, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 230 suspects involved in illegal acts related to soliciting prostitutes, offering to commit prostitution, or aiding/abetting or transporting prostitutes; at the same time, detectives worked with partnering agencies to arrest child sexual predators and charged an additional 16 suspects who traveled to an undercover location to have sex with who they thought were children or solicited children online.

Today, Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia announced that the City of Jacksonville is excessively spending $200 million above the amount that would account for population growth and inflation.

Today, Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia called out Orange County’s excessive and wasteful spending of their General Fund Budget. When accounting for population growth and inflation, Orange County’s current General Fund Budget is $190 million higher than it should be.

Yesterday, Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia, who serves as the State Fire Marshal, highlighted $1.4 million in funding to Florida fire departments to ensure that they have the equipment they need to protect their communities and to protect themselves while on the job.

Insurance Commissioner Mike Yaworsky is ordering penalties against eight insurers for certain claims-handling practices identified after completing market conduct examinations for Hurricanes Ian and/or Idalia.

Today, Governor Ron DeSantis joined Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Blaise Ingoglia to announce that the CFO’s Office will issue subpoenas to Orange County employees who may have knowledge of efforts to obstruct the state’s ongoing local government DOGE audits. This announcement comes after irregularities in county records were found during on-site visits by state DOGE teams, raising red flags among auditors.

Yesterday, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Blaise Ingoglia visited Palm Beach County to meet with local government review teams from Florida DOGE (Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight) and to highlight the importance of the local government spending reviews.

Today, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Blaise Ingoglia visited the City of St. Petersburg to visit with local government review teams from Florida DOGE (Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight) and to highlight the importance of the local government spending reviews.

Today, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Blaise Ingoglia visited Hillsborough County to visit with local government review teams from Florida DOGE (Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight) and to highlight the importance of the local government spending reviews.

Today, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Blaise Ingoglia announced that more than $44 million in unclaimed property was returned to Floridians during the month of July. Unclaimed property is a financial asset that is unknown, lost, left inactive, unclaimed, or abandoned by its owner. The most common types of unclaimed property are dormant bank accounts, unclaimed insurance proceeds, stocks, dividends, uncashed checks, deposits, credit balances, and refunds.

Today, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Blaise Ingoglia visited the City of Jacksonville to visit with local government review teams from Florida DOGE (Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight) and to highlight the importance of the local government spending reviews.

Today, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Blaise Ingoglia traveled to Orange and Manatee counties to meet with local government review teams from Florida DOGE (Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight) and to highlight the importance of the local government spending reviews.

Today, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Blaise Ingoglia sent a letter to all local governments being reviewed by Florida DOGE after receiving information that some government entities are trying to impose conditions and bureaucratic red tape on employees who are looking for waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars.

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Blaise Ingoglia is reminding Florida families to take full advantage of the 2025 Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday, which begins Friday, August 1, and runs through Sunday, August 31.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Florida's firefighters applauded Governor Ron DeSantis’ appointment of Blaise Ingoglia as Florida’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and State Fire Marshal. Top firefighters' organizations and statewide leaders applauded his appointment and leadership on issues important to Florida's firefighters and first responders.