FAC News Clips

LEGISLATION   Bay News 9   Pasco Commissioner pushing back on Florida's Live Local Act   PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — Pasco County District 5 Commissioner Jack Mariano will be in [...]

LEGISLATION  The Floridian   Proposed Bill Would Increase State Worker Pensions, Costs Taxpayers $2 Billion   Florida lawmakers in the state legislature are currently mulling over HB 151 – Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) of [...]

LEGISLATION  WUWF  Term limits for county commissioners are moving in the Florida Legislature   Bills that would impose term limits on county commissioners are moving in the Florida Legislature. Backers [...]

LEGISLATION  The Floridian  New Bill could Boost Florida’s Housing for Agricultural Workers   A bill progressing through the Florida legislature could support housing initiatives for Floridian agricultural workers by providing legal protections [...]

COUNTY  Orlando Sentinel   Visit Orlando avoids deep budget cuts   Orange County leaders signed off Tuesday on a much-debated spending plan for the county’s lucrative tourist tax, pledging over $600 million [...]

COUNTY  Orlando Sentinel  TDT spending plan takes shape ahead of commission vote.  Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings has blessed a plan to cut tourist tax revenues for the Visit Orlando [...]

COUNTY  Orlando Sentinel   Visit Orlando faces Orange County commission's ax   Orange County commissioners are poised to cleave $15 million and possibly more from Visit Orlando’s annual budget Tuesday [...]

COUNTY  Local 10  School zone speed detection camera plan passes in Miami-Dade County   MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A plan to keep drivers from speeding in school zones in Miami-Dade County [...]

COUNTY  The Ledger  First female Polk commissioner Brenda Taylor dies at 80   Brenda Joyce Taylor, the first woman to serve as a Polk County commissioner during the 1970s has died, [...]

COUNTY  Spectrum News  Orange County approves plan for $219M in disaster relief   ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Orange County leaders are another step closer to submitting an action plan for federal [...]