COUNTY 

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Citrus County Considers Pause On AI Data Center Projects 

Citrus County, FL – Citrus County leaders are considering a temporary halt on new artificial intelligence data center applications as residents continue raising concerns about the potential environmental and infrastructure impact of large scale developments proposed in the area. 

 

Tallahassee Democrat 

Leon County sends ‘historic harms’ back to charter review 

The Leon County Commission is sending its “historic harms” charter amendment back to the citizens charter review committee so it can create a new version to comply with state and federal laws. 

 

Town-Crier 

County Commissioners Hit The Brakes On School Zone Speed Camera Plan 

The Palm Beach County Commission is hitting the brakes on installing traffic cameras in unincorporated school zone areas, but they are not ruling them out entirely. 

 

WGCU 

With data centers no longer an issue, Okeechobee County amends land use code; higher housing density is one possibility 

About half of Florida is considered rural.   

 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

Orlando Sentinel 

The hurricane cone will look a little different this season 

Michael Brennan, director of the National Hurricane Center, revealed the center’s new cone of uncertainty this week at the Governor’s Hurricane Conference in West Palm Beach, as well as an experimental cone that will be more definitive about storm tracks. 

 

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 

Route-Fifty 

‘No time to waste’ in prepping governments for AI cyber threats, top Dem lawmaker says  

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on the Department of Homeland Security to work closer with states and localities, and bemoaned the end of federal funding to an information-sharing center. 

 

PROPERTY TAXES 

Raiders Wire 

Florida property tax rates: Where does Florida rank in the U.S.? 

According to Rocket Mortgage, Florida ranked 28th in 2025 in the amount of property tax burden with an effective rate of 0.79 percent. 

 

LEGISLATION 

WGCU 

House and Senate budget talks remain unsettled on Everglades, citrus  

TALLAHASSEE — House and Senate budget negotiators managing environmental and agricultural issues approached the special session’s first deadline with funding gaps still outstanding in areas involving citrus research, land preservation and Everglades restoration. 

 

Miami Herald 

DeSantis and Perez feud intensifies during budget talks  

Gov. Ron DeSantis has grown frustrated at pieces of his agenda being thwarted by the GOP-led House, and lashed out at Speaker Daniel Perez on Thursday. 

  

Florida Politics 

Budget conference: Senate gives up on most of Ben Albritton’s Rural Renaissance proposals 

Ben Albritton has been pushing for the state to invest more in Florida’s rural areas. It’s been a tough fight with the House.