COUNTY 

Hoodline 

Broward County Commissioner Steve Geller Appointed to Florida’s 

Broward County Commissioner Steve Geller has been appointed to the Florida Association of Counties’ (FAC) Community & Urban Affairs Policy Committee.   

 

Florida Today  

SS United States ocean liner to be Gulf Coast reef off Destin, Florida 

Work is continuing to transform the world’s fastest ocean liner to the world’s largest artificial reef. 

 

Fox 35 

Seminole County commissioner speaks on gas tax hike  

In Seminole County, the price of gas is about to get a little bit more expensive. 

 

PROPERTY TAXES 

WFSU 

Florida’s Senate president says ‘everybody breathe’ about property taxes  

Speaking to a hometown crowd, Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, tried to ease concerns about the effects of potential property-tax cuts — particularly the effects on financially strapped rural communities. 

 

WEATHER 

Herald-Tribune 

Tropical Storm Erin path tracker, spaghetti models, hurricane outlook 

Tropical Storm Erin continues to travel west and is on pace to strengthen into the season’s first major hurricane by the end of this week, the National Hurricane Center said. 

 

AFFORDABLE HOUSING 

Florida Politics 

Live Local gap: New watchdog report says updated law still overlooks Florida’s ‘missing middle’ 

‘These are our teachers, firefighters, police, and other professionals who cannot afford to live near where they work.’ 

 

STATE 

The Floridian 

DeSantis Issues $5K Recruitment Bonuses to Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Officers 

Gov. Ron DeSantis, flanked by new Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, awarded recruitment bonuses to law enforcement personnel as part of the state’s law enforcement officer recruitment bonus program during a press conference in Tampa on Wednesday. 

 

Orlando Weekly 

DeSantis appoints Florida Sen. Jay Collins as lieutenant governor 

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday appointed Sen. Jay Collins, a Tampa Republican and retired Army Green Beret, to the long-vacant position of lieutenant governor amid speculation that Collins could run for governor in 2026. 

 

Florida Politics 

Ron DeSantis says White House should ‘award’ Florida another congressional seat 

The question remains: Which state would give up representation?