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The announcement by the Office of Management and Budget is the first change to race and ethnicity categories in 27 years, and follows years of complaints that groups were being left out.
Local projects proposed amid Florida's budget woes Published article TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - State lawmakers, advised this week about limited tax dollars amid the COVID-19 pandemic, have already proposed 43 hometown projects worth more than $45 million. And hundreds more are expected before the 2021 legislative session starts in early March. The proposals range from the $25,000 sought by Rep. Anna Eskaman, D-Orlando, for an adult-literacy program in Central Florida (HB 2017) to $7.2 million sought by Sen. Manny Diaz Jr., R-Hialeah, to continue funding the Veterans Access Clinic at Nova South...
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$45M in local projects proposed amid Florida budget woes Jim Turner, News Service of Florida reporter Published: Updated: Tags: And hundreds more are expected before the 2021 legislative session starts in early March. The proposals range from the $25,000 sought by Rep. Anna Eskaman, D-Orlando, for an adult-literacy program in Central Florida (HB 2017) to $7.2 million sought by Sen. Manny Diaz Jr., R-Hialeah, to continue funding the Veterans Access Clinic at Nova Southeastern University (Senate form 1000). Other examples include requests for $250,000 to help fund septic-to-sewer conversi...