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WQCS 

Governor Approves $100M in Grants for Hurricane Stormwater and Wastewater Recovery 

Florida – Monday May 1, 2023: Governor DeSantis has signed off on $100 in grant funding for 16 Florida counties whose storm or wastewater management systems were damaged by either Hurricane Ian or Hurricane Nicole last year. 

 

Miami’s Community Newspaper 

District 8 commissioner and county DTPW launch new program called ‘Potholepalooza’  

Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins alongside Miami-Dade County Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW) have launched a new pilot program, “Potholepalooza,” which continues through June 15. This blitz-like program will be an all-hands-on-deck concentrated and concerted effort to repair as many potholes as possible. 

 

SNN News 

Potential smoking ban: Sarasota county beaches and parks  

SARASOTA- Sarasota County is trying to reduce littering and promote public health. 

 

LEGISLATION 

Orlando Sentinel  

Why do lawmakers keep sticking it to working people? | Editorial  

Politicians have been scrambling to rebrand themselves as populist friends of working people. But as always, voters should look at what politicians do — not what they say. 

 

Florida Politics 

Budget conference: House, Senate seal pension boost deal, near final budget agreement  

The budget conference is not expected to meet before noon on Sunday.