Florida Association of Counties

Wakulla County Commissioner Ralph Thomas is the newly elected president of the Florida Association of Counties. Thomas says he plans to use his new role to educate lawmakers about why home rule is essential.

Two north Florida commissioners sit among top leadership positions for the Florida Association of Counties. The Association elected Wakulla County…

Local control advocates said the Florida legislature has taken preempting home rule to a new level this session. The legislature wants to extend property…

How did children-related issues fare during this past legislative session? While some Florida agency heads say it was a good one, others call it a mixed…

A bill reforming mental health within Florida’s criminal justice system is continuing to move in the House and Senate.There’s a general consensus among…

The same Republican leaders who are pushing to rewrite state water policy apparently aren’t satisfied. Now House leaders are taking their scissors to the…

An ongoing fight between Florida’s counties and the state Department of Juvenile Justice is expected to continue during a hearing next week, considering a…

Florida’s counties say the state owes them money. They claim they’ve been overcharged for helping pay the cost of juveniles in detention centers. The two…

Voters in Florida rejected most of the proposed constitutional amendments on their ballots Election Day. Critics have even partly blamed the historically…

It’s been more than a month since the passage of the federal RESTORE Act, which will direct penalty money from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the…