• The passage of a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill in Washington — including at least $19 billion for Florida — means additional funds are headed to Central Florida.
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• One of the longest-running jokes of the Trump Administration was Infrastructure Week. An Infrastructure Week that never arrived was used as a way to distract from some blunder or scandal so many times it eventually became a slang term for an inability to stay on task. So you’d think focusing on America’s infrastructure was an important part of the Republican agenda. But now that President Biden has unveiled the American Jobs Plan, suddenly they’re lukewarm on refurbishing the nation’s highways, bridges, electrical and water systems. Maybe the difference is that the American Jobs Plan is actual policy-making, with a plan for how to pay for its imperatives — whereas the oft-announced “Infrastructure Week” of 2017, 2018 and 2019 was nothing …
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• The president’s overall approach to legislating so far — on a big, bold agenda — is winning plaudits from political strategists, left and right.
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• Two Central Florida counties may soon join about two dozen other counties across the Sunshine State in taxing themselves. Voters in Osceola County may join Volusia in considering increases to their local-option sales taxes to fund infrastructure projects, like improvements to roads and bridges. Economic analyst Hank Fishkind explains why voters would consider a proposal to raise their own sales taxes.
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• U.S. Senator Bill Nelson unveiled a plan aimed at rebuilding the nation’s crumbling, roads, bridges and airports. The plan mirrors what President Trump has called for.
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• New roads, housing, and fire stations are in Orange County’s future under a proposal Mayor Teresa Jacobs outlined this morning during her state of the county address.
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