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Senate Budget Plan Raises Fees, Cuts Spending
It would cost more to drive a car and go to college, and some top school officials may take pay cuts under the Florida Senate's budget draft released Friday. ...more
March 28, 2009
State Senate Budget Raises Fees, Cuts School Officials' Pay
It would cost more to drive a car and go to college and some top school officials may take pay cuts under the Florida Senate's first budget draft released Friday. ...more
March 27, 2009
License, Registration Fees May Be Raised
In their zeal not to raise taxes, Florida lawmakers continue to look at selected fee increases as a way to cover the state's looming $5.7 billion budget deficit. ...more
March 27, 2009
Lawmakers Look To Fee Increases To Cover Deficit
In their zeal not to raise taxes, Florida lawmakers continue to look at selected fee increases as a way to cover the state's looming $5.7 billion budget deficit. ...more
March 26, 2009
Crist Seeks User Fee Increases
Floridians soon could start paying more for driver's licenses, bottled water and visiting state parks. ...more
March 13, 2009
Budget Shortfall Becoming Sinkhole
The state still faces a deficit of up to $700 million this fiscal year - and $5 billion next year - despite last month's budget-cutting session, the Senate's top budget chief said Monday. ...more
February 10, 2009
State Might Need To Plug $5 Billion Deficit Next Year
The state still faces a deficit of up to $700 million this fiscal year - and $5 billion next year _ despite last month's budget-cutting session, the Senate's top budget chief said today. On top of that, said JD Alexander, head of the Senate's Ways and Means committee, property taxes are expected to yield $1 billion less than the state needs just to maintain the status quo for K-12 public school funding. ...more
February 9, 2009
Crist Vetoes $365 Million In State Spending Cuts
Tourism, teachers and the disabled will benefit from Gov. Charlie Crist's decision on Tuesday to preserve nearly $365 million in state spending that lawmakers had proposed cutting this month. ...more
January 28, 2009
Bright House To Drop Channels
Customers of Bright House Networks in the Tampa Bay area might have some dark channels this morning. ...more
January 1, 2009
Bright House May Lose 14 Channels Tonight Over Impasse
Media giant Viacom Inc. said its Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and other channels will go dark on Time Warner Cable Inc. at 12:01 a.m. Thursday if a new carriage fee deal is not agreed upon by then. ...more
December 31, 2008
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