COUNTY 

Florida Today 

Voter referendum may give Brevard commissioners 70% pay increase 

Brevard County voters will be able to cast their ballot on a proposed charter amendment to give county commissioners a $40,000 pay raise, in a referendum up for a vote in the Nov. 5 general election.
 

WTSP 

Pinellas County lost 1M cubic yards of sand in hurricanes  

“This is basically an erasing of the last 30 years of [renourishment] projects,” Dr. John Bishop, the Pinellas County coastal management director, said. 

 

Fox 13 

Florida expands first responder mental health line to all 67 counties as suicides persist  

TAMPA, Fla. – Florida is expanding access to mental health services amid a rise in suicides among first responders.       

 

CYBERSECURITY 

Route-Fifty 

Why Cybersecurity Awareness Month should be every month  

COMMENTARY | Cybercrime costs have surpassed $10 trillion globally, illustrating the relentless threat and why state CISOs say they want the spotlight on cybersecurity year-round. 

 

LEGISLATION 

WCJB 

Amendment 5 would tie Florida’s homestead tax exemption to inflation 

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCJB/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) -Voters across Florida will decide on a constitutional amendment changing the Homestead exemption. Amendment 5 would tie the homestead exemption to the national inflation rate. 

 

HURRICANE SEASON 

Tampa Bay Times 

Hurricane center ups odds Caribbean system will develop 

If it were to gain enough steam it could become Tropical Storm Patty.