FAC News Clips

COUNTY  Bradenton Times  BOCC approves 20-year backup generator service agreement totaling $12.48M for new east county administration building  BRADENTON — Manatee County’s Lakewood Ranch administration building, located at 9000 Town Center Parkway, [...]

COUNTY  Miami Times Online  Miami-Dade is asking hospitals across the county to improve their patients’ food   Hospital food has a reputation for being mediocre at best — bland, highly processed, [...]

COUNTY  WFTV  Orange County updates extreme heat rules for cooling centers   ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Orange County is making changes to help keep residents safe during the dangerous summer heat.  [...]

COUNTY  Orlando Sentinel  Lake board approve school property tax for November ballot  A proposed property tax increase to help Lake County schools will be on the November ballot after the Lake County [...]

COUNTY  WUWF  PolitiFact FL: DeSantis said Florida's drought could bring a quieter hurricane season. Is that true?   Florida is experiencing one of its worst droughts in decades, causing widespread wildfires and evacuation [...]

COUNTY  WTXL  Local governments reviewing programs after DeSantis signs DEI crackdown  DOWNTOWN TALLAHASSEE, FL — Programs benefiting minority communities could be on the chopping block after Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation cracking down on [...]

  COUNTY  Wink News  FEMA approves $97M for Florida disaster recovery projects   LAKE MARY, Fla. (WINK)—FEMA announced nearly $97 million in funding to support recovery for past disasters in Florida for Public [...]

COUNTY  WGCU  Opposition to data centers mounts; more could come to rural Okeechobee County   Much of southern Okeechobee County is zoned as agricultural land but a proposal to be discussed the county board Thursday [...]

COUNTY  Spectrum News   Hillsborough approves $95 million plan to tackle flooding  TAMPA, Fla. — Hillsborough County commissioners have signed off on an ambitious set of stormwater improvement projects aimed at reducing [...]

COUNTY  WTXL  Leon County historic harms charter amendment undergoing redrafts  DOWNTOWN TALLAHASSEE, Fl — A proposed Leon County Charter amendment aimed at analyzing how historical policies shaped local spending is being redrafted [...]