Jesse SchecknerFebruary 15, 2022
11min0
Proponents say the bill will strengthen American self-reliance. Opponents argue it's anti-capitalist.
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Jesse SchecknerFebruary 15, 2022
Associated PressAugust 9, 2021
9min957
The House is in recess and is expected to consider the bill in September.
Jason DelgadoApril 28, 2021
4min902
The bill awaits Gov. Ron DeSantis' consideration.
Jason DelgadoApril 27, 2021
3min526
Democratic lawmakers knocked the bill as harmful government overreach.
Renzo DowneyApril 20, 2021
4min1051
Proponents say banning contracts by geography drives up taxes.
A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2017
6min218
The annual review of departmental budgets continued Tuesday morning in the office of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, with Public Works on tap. Though not exactly a hot topic, the discussion was made more lively by repeated questions from the Mayor’s Budget Review Committee to Public Works people about specific line items. And made more lively still, […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 26, 2017
2min234
Cities and counties often impose conditions on contractors and who they hire for public works products. But a bill filed Thursday in the Florida Senate would change some of that. Senate Bill 534, filed by Gainesville Republican Keith Perry on Thursday, would prohibit cities, counties, local taxing districts, schools, and other such “political subdivisions” from dictating […]
A.G. GancarskiJune 30, 20169min249
Jacksonville’s capital improvement project budget list got reviewed Thursday by Mayor Lenny Curry‘s chief lieutenants, CAO Sam Mousa and CFO Mike Weinstein. Herein, some highlights of a capital improvement plan tempered with pragmatism and a deep desire to avoid incurring too much debt. All topics here are subject to change before budget is submitted. Public Works capital improvement projects ADA projects […]
A.G. GancarskiJune 23, 2015
6min215
This past week, there were four days of Lenny Curry Transition Team Budget Reviews, helmed by new Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa. There are three more days of them this week, running Tuesday through Thursday afternoons, but there already is ample opportunity to gauge the winners, and losers, so far. Winner: Mousa. The “Godfather” has gotten laudatory coverage […]