Palm Beach County voters decided to extend the schools' half of a 2016 penny sales tax increase. The result is a 6.5% sales tax.

In 2016, voters approved a one-cent sales tax, with half the money going to the district and half going to the county and cities. But that tax will expire in 2025, and the County Commission and League of Cities decided not to ask voters to renew it.

Palm Beach County voters approved extending the half cent surtax ballot measure, extending schools tax funding an additional 10 years.

The current half-cent sales tax was passed a decade ago and expires at the end of 2027. Yesterday's referendum goes into effect on Jan

Columbia County voters on Tuesday approved continuing a 1% sales tax that goes toward schools. The county has had the Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, or ESPLOST, for 25 years. Passage will continue the tax,