FAC News Clips

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 [...]

COUNTY  Tampa Bay Times  How much could it cost to expand Hillsborough commission? Millions.   Expanding the Hillsborough County Commission could come with a price.    The Recorder   St. [...]

COUNTY  Your Observer  Manatee to consider development plan changes that will affect wetlands  The residents who packed the Manatee County Administration Building's Patricia M. Glass Chambers on Aug. 10 said [...]

Miami Community Newspaper  Broward Brings Home 24 NACIO Awards of Excellence   The County has won 24 National Association of County Information Officers (NACIO) Awards of Excellence in 2023, more [...]

Tampa Bay Times  Pinellas argues it doesn’t owe Pasco taxes. It just paid them anyway.  For nearly a decade, Pinellas County’s government has argued that it shouldn’t have to pay [...]

Herald-Tribune  Sarasota County makes plans for $202 million in Ian recovery money   Sarasota County is planning to spend a $201.5 million hurricane recovery grant on rehabilitating homes, building new [...]

FAC  County News  Counties must speak up with their broadband needs   Palm Beach County, Fla. Mayor Gregg Weiss, vice-chair of the NACo Telecommunications & Technology Policy Steering Committee, makes [...]

COUNTY   Tampa Bay Times  Hillsborough road, fire safety shortfalls spur tax talk  Hillsborough County faces a five-year $1.5 billion shortfall in the cost of building and repaving roads, repairing [...]

COUNTY  Keys News  Monroe County secures $40 million from state for resiliency projects     Fox 4 Now  Lee County approves ordinance to increase water and sewer bills   FORT [...]

FAC  Citrus County Chronicle   Citrus County commissioners earn Certified County Commissioner designation   Three Citrus County commissioners — Ruthie Davis Schlabach, Holly L. Davis, and Rebecca Bays — have been honored [...]