Articles in Category: 'JD Alexander'

By: Kevin Derby | Posted: January 6, 2011 3:55 AM
 
Dennis Ross was sworn in as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday, becoming the ninth person to represent Florida’s 12th Congressional District. And looking at the veteran staff he's recruited, he begins with considerable style.
 
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By: Alex Tiegen | Posted: April 27, 2010 12:12 AM
Lawmakers have proposed to take $69 million from the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority and add it to the state budget.

Early Monday morning, budget negotiators agreed that the authority should turn over the money it was banking on for an anticipated road project. Now the project might be dead, and the head of the authority is most unhappy.

“The state taking our money for a statewide purpose isn’t consistent with our mission,“ said executive director Joe Waggoner.
 
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By: Alex Tiegen | Posted: April 9, 2010 12:12 AM

Businesses hoping the state will continue to pay for certain damages sustained on projects contracted with state agencies might need to temper their expectations.

The Senate Policy Steering Committee on Ways and Means voted unanimously Thursday to absolve the state of paying certain early-termination and liquidated-damage fees on contracted projects, and cap state leases of personal property at $500,000.

The bill, which also passed its last committee unanimously, is now headed to the floor.

 
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