FAC News Clips

LEGISLATION  Tallahassee Democrat   Orlando Sentinel  Let local voters decide term limits, not Florida legislators  If there's one thing most Americans agree on, it's that grandstanding, and gridlock have crippled [...]

LEGISLATION  Pensacola News Journal   Escambia County, Pensacola homeless may be removed under SB 1530  “Tom Tom” is from Pensacola and said he has been living on the streets since he [...]

LEGISLATION  WOKV  Florida lawmakers look into ways to regulate vacation-rental properties  TALLAHASSEE — Taking another run at one of the Legislature’s thorniest issues, the House and Senate on Thursday advanced [...]

LEGISLATION   Florida Politics  'It's time': Lawmakers look at abolishing property taxes in Florida   If adopted, the policy would make Florida the first in the nation without a state income or [...]

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 [...]