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Wednesday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Two-thirds of Florida voters support $15 an hour minimum wage ballot measure, poll finds
About two-thirds of Florida voters back a 2020 ballot initiative to gradually hike the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour, which would be enough support for the measure to pass, a new poll released Tuesday found.
› Fort Lauderdale’s pandemic budget keeps tax rate, raises stormwater fees
No tax rate hike is coming next year in Fort Lauderdale. But we can’t say the same for stormwater rates — a fee that had one weary resident referencing the infamous “taxation without representation” Boston Tea Party. Fort Lauderdale property owners will pay the same property tax rate and fire fee under an $847.8 million budget plan that sailed through a final commission vote Monday night.
› St. Augustine Amazon delivery center in review
The St. Johns River Water Management District is reviewing a permit application for an Amazon.com last-mile distribution facility in St. Johns County. The proposed 125,000-square-foot facility is planned at 3960 Inman Road in St. Augustine by developer Ryan Companies US Inc., based in Minneapolis with a Tampa office.
› Manatee CARES Act funding creates new COVID-19 partnership
Manatee County CARES Act funding has helped facilitate a new collaboration focused on protecting the county’s most at-risk residents from COVID-19. A $342,000 grant to Tidewell Hospice will help found the Multicultural Action Team: A countywide initiative focused on prevention, education, advocacy, research, linkage to care and sustainable solutions.
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