COUNTY 

NWF Daily News 

Okaloosa County SAFE Program will help those who have special needs  

SHALIMAR − On June 15, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office announced a new initiative to ensure better communication between residents with special needs and local emergency service personnel. 

 

The Palm Beach Post 

DeSantis spares Palm Beach County funding from Florida budget vetoes  

Gov. Ron DeSantis largely spared Palm Beach County from his $511 million budgetary turkey shoot on Thursday as he signed a record-high $116.5 billion budget with $1.1 billion in expenditures for local needs. 

 

My Panhandle 

Bay County eyes millage rate increase  

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) — Bay County leaders said Monday that they are feeling a budget pinch. 

 

INFRASTRUCTURE 

Florida Politics 

Message to Southwest Florida: ‘Help is on the way’  

Nearly one-third of the state’s population relies on septic tanks for wastewater disposal.