FAC News Clips

COUNTY  St. Pete Catalyst  Commission explores incentives for affordable housing funds   The demand for affordable housing is only going to increase significantly through 2035, Caitlin Johnson told Pinellas County [...]

COUNTY  Tampa Bay Times  Manatee County wants to stop development expansion. Will Florida allow it?  County commissioners may be in for a fight against state officials and developer interests.    [...]

COUNTY  News 4 Jax  New $38M sports complex in St. Johns County to include 8 rectangular fields, a track, playgrounds and more  The county will break ground on the SJC [...]

COUNTY  Chronicle Online  Davis pulls back quasi-judicial code change   Citrus County Commissioner Holly Davis on Tuesday suggested staff prepare an ordinance to amend the code for quasi-judicial hearings, but [...]

COUNTY  Bradenton Herald  FL makes surprise move to stop Manatee’s wetland protections   As Manatee County leaders were poised for a final vote to restore local wetland protections, state officials [...]

COUNTY  Fox 35  Orange County firefighters test augmented reality helmets in smoke-filled rescues   ORLANDO, Fla. - Orange County Fire Rescue is testing new augmented reality (AR) helmets that improve visibility [...]

COUNTY  WTSP  Pinellas County commissioners approve $813M 'Disaster Recovery Action Plan'   Following a public comment period, the county says it will submit the plan to the U.S. Department of [...]

COUNTY  Your Observer  Sarasota commissioners OK a range of dredging plans, spending   The first of what could be a succession of dredging projects in Phillippi Creek will likely begin [...]

COUNTY  Fox 13  Pinellas leaders to weigh plan for $813M in hurricane relief funds   PETERSBURG, Fla. - Pinellas County commissioners are expected to talk Tuesday about a plan to spend more than [...]

COUNTY  Tallahassee Democrat  Florida drought. See list driest counties, rain forecast, burn bans  More than 16 million people in Florida, 82% of the state, are suffering from drought conditions ranging [...]