FAC News Clips

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 [...]

COUNTY  Tampa Bay Times  Pasco awards $8 million from drug settlement to local recovery efforts   Pasco County commissioners on Tuesday awarded more than $8 million to nine local organizations [...]

COUNTY  Palm Beach Post  Smart traffic lights are coming to Palm Beach County  Smart traffic lights are coming, and County Commissioner Gregg Weiss says the sooner the better. “I have [...]