COUNTY 

Local 10  

Miami-Dade mayor wants to talk about heat – not basketball  

MIAMI – Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava wants to talk about heat — but not The Miami Heat’s upcoming basketball game. She wants to talk about life-threatening temperatures. 

 

The Daytona Beach News-Journal 

Volusia County permitting could see changes under County Council  

It’s been about five months since current Volusia County Council members started working together, and last week they set a new slate of goals for the county. 

 

Business Observer FL 

Sarasota County reinstates full EDC funding  

The Sarasota County Commission has fully restored the county’s portion of funding to the Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County for the next fiscal year, with conditions. 

 

Citrus County Chronicle 

County commissioners approve angling streaming show sponsorship  

County commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to approve a recommendation from the Citrus County Tourism Development Council (TDC) to take $18,000 from its special-projects fund to pay for a sponsorship opportunity on Waypoint TV, a streaming television channel for hunting and fishing programming. 

 

AFFORDABLE HOUSING  

Herald-Tribune 

Affordable Housing in Sarasota: Live Local Act has solutions, problems  

A new state law that provides historic investment in affordable housing could bring relief to the severe crisis that is squeezing thousands of Sarasota County families and businesses. 

 

LEGISLATION 

Fl Keys News 

DeSantis asked to veto bill blocking new local fertilizer bans  

Environmental groups and local governments are battling state legislators over the fate of the fertilizer in Floridians’ lawns. The outcome could sway the health of Florida’s beaches and waterways, which have been plagued by fish kills and algae blooms.