COUNTY 

Orlando Sentinel  

Visit Orlando avoids deep budget cuts  

Orange County leaders signed off Tuesday on a much-debated spending plan for the county’s lucrative tourist tax, pledging over $600 million to upgrade Camping World Stadium and the Kia Center while handing a reprieve to the Visit Orlando marketing agency, which had been threatened with deep cuts. 

 

Tampa Bay Times  

Why are Pasco ‘luxury’ apartments getting affordable housing tax break?  

Pasco County commissioners have found a new reason to dislike the state’s Live Local law, which was passed last year to boost the amount of affordable housing in Florida with tax breaks and other incentives. 

 

LEGISLATION 

Mid Florida Newspaper 

Lawmakers seek to prevent monument removals  

TALLAHASSEE — An effort to prevent removal of historical monuments and memorials started to advance Monday in the Senate as cities such as Jacksonville fight over Confederate statues. 

 

WFLA 

Florida bill banning heat protection laws for outdoor workers moves forward  

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida bill barring local governments from requiring heat protection for outdoor workers cleared a hurdle in the Senate on Tuesday. 

 

Florida Politics 

‘Movable tiny homes’ bill rolls through first House committee stop  

‘This isn’t an answer for all affordable housing, but it really solves an issue for some.’ 

 

Florida Politics 

Lawmakers advance bills to block, remove harmful chemicals from drinking water  

Lawmakers are again working to reduce the prevalence in Florida’s drinking water of long-lasting chemicals with bad bearings on human health through two bills that may unite before the end of Session. 

 

FEDERAL  

Bay News 9  

Bill to ensure opioid settlement funds go to fight addiction  

WASHINGTON, D.C. — State and local governments have begun to receive $50 billion in opioid settlement money over the course of 18 years, intended to undo some of the harm caused by an epidemic of opioid addiction.