Peter SchorschFebruary 23, 2020
5min512
Hopefully, budget negotiators will see the light and grow back the state’s investment.
Tag: United Way of Florida
Peter SchorschFebruary 23, 2020
Gary FineoutJune 2, 2016
1min139
A new audit is critical of how the administration of Gov. Rick Scott oversaw a state worker charity campaign. Florida auditors reported the Department of Management Services did not initially document costs incurred by the vendor hired to oversee the charitable campaign. The audit also found that between January 2013 and December 2015, state officials did not […]
Bruce RitchieMarch 18, 2015
3min227
A Senate committee on Wednesday voted to restore funding for affordable housing, as a way to offset the loss of revenue because of Amendment 1. Approved overwhelmingly by voters in November, Amendment 1 assigns 33% of documentary stamp tax revenue to water and land conservation. SB 586 seeks to redistribute the remaining $1.3 billion in documentary […]
James CallFebruary 27, 2015
7min214
The United Way of Florida released a report in November indicating that about a third of Florida households are above the federal poverty line but struggled to meet basic necessities. The Assets Limited Income Constrained Employed – ALICE — study found that 15 percent of families live on less than the poverty line of $23,000 […]