/tags/budgets budgets en-US WLRN Thu, 10 Sep 2020 23:55:17 GMT /2020-09-10/broward-commissioners-delay-decision-on-creating-police-review-board-talk-county-budget-for-2021 Broward County Mayor Dale Holness wants to create a police and criminal justice review board. Residents giving public comment don't believe it would do enough to address their concerns. Thu, 10 Sep 2020 23:55:17 GMT /2020-09-10/broward-commissioners-delay-decision-on-creating-police-review-board-talk-county-budget-for-2021 Caitie Muñoz /education/2015-06-08/florida-lawmakers-closing-in-on-school-funding-agreement Florida lawmakers are getting closer to a budget deal that will add more money for schools.Florida schools would get $207 more per student if the Florida… Mon, 08 Jun 2015 20:42:38 GMT /education/2015-06-08/florida-lawmakers-closing-in-on-school-funding-agreement /education/2015-06-01/gov-scott-pushes-lawmakers-on-school-funding Gov. Rick Scott visited a Miami elementary school Monday to ask lawmakers to meet his request for school funding.Lawmakers return to Tallahassee today to… Mon, 01 Jun 2015 17:53:49 GMT /education/2015-06-01/gov-scott-pushes-lawmakers-on-school-funding /politics/2014-10-14/why-education-is-a-top-issue-in-the-governors-race Polls show Governor Rick Scott and former Governor Charlie Crist are polarizing. Voters are as likely to dislike the candidates as they are to approve of… Tue, 14 Oct 2014 22:19:24 GMT /politics/2014-10-14/why-education-is-a-top-issue-in-the-governors-race /news/2014-09-03/cops-keep-jobs-and-library-service-expands-in-miami-dade-budget-town-hall Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez was interrupted by applause more than once as he laid out the $6.2 billion budget to a crowd of about 150 at the sixth and… Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:26:48 GMT /news/2014-09-03/cops-keep-jobs-and-library-service-expands-in-miami-dade-budget-town-hall Person: Rick Stone /news/2014-08-22/miami-dade-starts-building-bigger-animal-shelter Stray animals in Miami-Dade county will soon have a new home come fall of 2015. County Animal Services broke ground Friday on a new facility that would… Fri, 22 Aug 2014 22:02:23 GMT /news/2014-08-22/miami-dade-starts-building-bigger-animal-shelter /news/2014-08-20/some-libraries-in-miami-dade-may-open-every-day Several of the biggest libraries in Miami-Dade may stay open seven days a week in October.The interim director of the libraries has released a tentative… Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:10:46 GMT /news/2014-08-20/some-libraries-in-miami-dade-may-open-every-day /news/2014-08-13/miami-dade-mayor-carlos-gimenez-hosts-online-town-hall-about-the-budget Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez kicked off a series of budget town hall meetings this week, starting with a Facebook and Twitter discussion on… Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:01:41 GMT /news/2014-08-13/miami-dade-mayor-carlos-gimenez-hosts-online-town-hall-about-the-budget /education/2014-07-31/broward-county-property-owners-will-pay-more-for-public-schools Broward County property owners could pay a little more for public schools next year.The county school board tentatively approved a $3 billion spending… Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:23:21 GMT /education/2014-07-31/broward-county-property-owners-will-pay-more-for-public-schools /news/2014-07-09/police-libraries-and-parks-among-county-departments-to-see-cuts-in-2015 Fewer police officers, higher public transportation fares and cuts to organizations that provide social services. That's what would happen under… Wed, 09 Jul 2014 18:15:00 GMT /news/2014-07-09/police-libraries-and-parks-among-county-departments-to-see-cuts-in-2015 Carla Javier