FAC News Clips

COUNTY  Miami-Herald  Miami-Dade’s $11.7 billion budget passes with a tax-rate cut   Raises for Miami-Dade workers, more aid for low-income seniors and spare cash for Animal Services from a scrapped [...]

FAC  City & State FL  Above & Beyond   Ginger Delegal ended up in local government through what she describes as “luck.”      County  Florida Today  Funding for sample [...]

FAC   Get the Coast  Okaloosa Commissioner Paul Mixon appointed to FAC Committee  Okaloosa County Commissioner and Vice Chairman Paul Mixon was recently appointed to the Florida Association of Counties (FAC) [...]

COUNTY  Tampa Bay Times  Pinellas government takes another step toward move out of Clearwater   For years, Pinellas County officials have pondered whether the county’s government should move out of its [...]

COUNTY  Highlands-News Sun  County to apply for grant to harden Annex  Highlands County’s Government Annex, a building across the street from the Government Center in Sebring, has been around since [...]

COUNTY  City & State FL  Broward commission rejects proposal to study need for financial assistance for condo owners  Broward County commissioners have rejected a proposed study weighing the need for [...]

FAC  Your Sun  'Bags for the Brave' aims to connect veterans with county services   PORT CHARLOTTE – Charlotte County staff and partner agencies are distributing 250 backpacks with supplies [...]

COUNTY  City & State Florida  Waste crisis: Can Miami-Dade learn from Palm Beach County's recycling example?  Waste management is a crisis topic in Miami-Dade County these days.    Keys News  [...]

FAC  Alachua Chronicle  Alachua County Commissioners Alford, Chestnut, and Cornell appointed to FAC policy committees   ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – Commissioners Mary Alford, Charles Chestnut, and Ken Cornell were recently [...]

Tampa Bay Times  Pinellas County pledges $1.5M to save 14 wooded acres. More is needed.  Now in a show of government backing to boost residents’ fundraising muscle, the Pinellas County [...]