FAC News Clips

COUNTY  Newsbreak  Charlotte County offers thousands of free rides   PORT CHARLOTTE — As of August, Charlotte County Transit completed about 75,000 countywide trips.    Tampa Bay Times  Year later, [...]

Alachua Chronicle  County Manager Lieberman credentialed by the International City/County Management Association  ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – Alachua County Manager Michele Lieberman recently received the Credentialed Manager designation from ICMA, the [...]

COUNTY  Ocala Star Banner  2025-26 budget year is underway. A look at Ocala and Marion County.  Like clockwork, at midnight Oct. 1 the new fiscal year started for most local [...]

COUNTY  WGCU  Florida communities turn to buyouts to limit flooding, surge damage   As flooding and coastal surge remain among the most destructive elements of storm systems, counties across Florida [...]

COUNTY  Wakulla News  BOCC dissatisfied with impact fee study   Despite being dissatisfied with the initial impact fee recommendations, in the end commissioners voted to accept the study consulting firm [...]

COUNTY  Wink News  Lee and Charlotte County high-water rescue vehicle  Local law enforcement in Charlotte and Lee counties is enhancing its storm preparedness with new high-water rescue vehicles.    Keys [...]

COUNTY  WWSB  More affordable housing could be coming to Sarasota county  Sarasota County commissioners are pushing for more affordable housing. The county commission held a workshop on Tuesday about the [...]

COUNTY  NACO News Farm Bill expiration: What counties need to know | National Association of Counties  While this does not mean an immediate halt to all programs authorized in the [...]

COUNTY   WINK  Lee County investing in public safety with drone technology | Lee County | winknews.com  Lee County is working to increase emergency response by investing in the Skydio [...]

COUNTY   Florida Politics  The outreach support event started in Perry, drawing small-business leaders from Lafayette, Dixie and Taylor counties.  Florida Commerce and the state’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) have [...]