Escambia’s Board of County Commissioners has drafted a policy to guide commissioner spending of discretionary funds after Clerk of Court Pam Childers temporarily paused the spending over concerns it ...

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The White House is proposing reducing the federal government’s discretionary budget by more than 22%. Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought informed Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, of ...

Escambia County commissioners each receive $50,000 in discretionary funds each year The draft policy creates a uniform procedure for the submission, review, approval and accounting of discretionary ...