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Black Firms Sue to Stop Census Award

March 11, 2010 - 6:00pm

Black-owned communications firms sued Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday to block a white-led company from landing a lucrative U.S. Census contract aimed at black Floridians.

N-Tersections Communications Group and Steele Communications Group, both from the Tallahassee-area, said the states decision to award what they said is a $420,000 contract to Moore/Ketchum Partnership reflects lingering aspects of discrimination.

Senate Looking to Break up DMS, Streamline Data

March 9, 2010 - 6:00pm

For months the states Department of Management Services has been struggling to provide lawmakers with a complete list of state landholdings, rental agreements and buildings it owns.

Tax Collections Steady, But No Windfall

March 8, 2010 - 6:00pm

THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, March 9, 2010State economists mostly held steady Tuesday in their forecast of tax collections for the year ahead meaning lawmakers continue to face a budget shortfall of as much as $3.2 billion.

The states four-person Revenue Estimating Conference revisited the economic forecast it last made in December, concluding that lawmakers will have $56.1 million more than expected for the 2010-11 budget year and $25.3 million in additional money for the current spending year.

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