COUNTY 

Fox 13 

Pinellas leaders to weigh plan for $813M in hurricane relief funds  

  1. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Pinellas County commissioners are expected to talk Tuesday about a plan to spend more than $800 million in federal hurricane relief funds.

 

News 4 Jax 

St. Johns County commissioners likely to discuss draft e-bike ordinance submitted after crash injures middle-school boy 

  1. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – St. Johns County officials are expected to discuss a proposed e-bike ordinance during a county commission meeting Tuesday morning.

 

Flagler Live 

Sales Tax Proposal to Protect Beaches Takes Another Lashing 

Flagler County’s $114 million beach management plan is looking like a sand castle on the county’s critically eroded shore, and the water is rising.   

 

DOGE 

Florida Politics 

Jax City Council committee wants Gov. DeSantis’ DOGE team to probe books 

Tallahassee will get the locals’ blessing. But not everyone’s on board. 

 

HURRICANE SEASON 

WCTV 

2025 Hurricane Preparedness Week is here 

The 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season starts on June 1 and runs until November 30 

 

Florida Politics 

Hurricane Preparedness Week has government agencies, utility companies urging need for response plans 

3 hurricanes that struck Florida in 2024 caused a combined $138B in damage in the state. 

 

LEGISLATION 

WUWF 

Lawmakers are wary of Florida’s increasingly busy hurricane seasons  

After three hurricanes hit the state in 2024, Florida lawmakers Friday gave final approval to a bill that would make changes involving issues such as debris removal and rebuilding storm-damaged homes. 

 

Orlando Sentinel  

Florida Legislature exempts Wekiva Study Area from Live Local Act 

The vote returns autonomy to local governments to decide whether apartments can be built on environmentally sensitive land 

 

Florida Politics 

Medicaid expansion group sues to block new law targeting citizen-led amendment petitions 

‘We are fighting back with this lawsuit. We are challenging this law because we believe in democracy.’