🚌 West Palm Beach plans to open its low-cost transit service for areas reaching through downtown in late August or early September. The service offers $1 rides on a fixed route in mini-shuttle buses and an Uber-like on-demand service for $2. The wait times are required to be no longer than 15 minutes. (The Palm Beach Post $$$)

📧 Lake Worth Beach City Clerk Melissa Coyne was suspended without pay for two weeks this summer after she admitted to altering a city document to cover up a mistake she made. The mistake put her in the crosshairs of City Commissioner Anthony Segrich, who doggedly pursued the matter. (Lake Worth Beach Independent)

©️A string of bogus copyright infringement claims have been filed to Google, demanding that the search giant remove news stories about Michael Carbonara, a Republican candidate for U.S. House District 22. The complaints, filed by different entities with little information online, fraudulently claim that the articles are using copyrighted material. (WLRN)

💎 An affiliate of Miami-based developer Newgard Group is planning a luxury car storage and social club on about 3 acres it bought at 2500 N. Florida Mango Road. The two-story Palm Beach Auto Haus at the site of the former Verdes Tropicana Bowl would have 20 privately owned garages. Planned amenities include fitness equipment, padel courts, coworking spaces and immersive racing experiences. (News release)

💸 Is Brightline too big to fail? While it carries billions in debt, Brightline has fueled billions in transit-oriented development, offers a vital alternative to public transit and serves as an essential recruitment tool for employers.

• “Everything is great, except for the amount of debt,” Fort Lauderdale-based bankruptcy attorney Chad Van Horn said. (South Florida Business Journal $$$)

🔌 The Regulators Roundtable, a trade group that includes Google, hosted an all-expenses-paid retreat in July at The Ben hotel in West Palm Beach. Guests included members of the utility industry, tech firms and right-leaning utility commissioners who tend to support plans for rapid growth. (Washington Post gift link, email required)

🔎 Lobbyists whose clients include Sarasota homebuilders Pat Neal and Carlos Beruff secretly worked to stop state lawmakers from repealing the widely reviled Senate Bill 180 that has made it much harder for communities across Florida to manage growth. (Seeking Rents)

💯 Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia, a champion of fiscal transparency, omitted from his public financial disclosure more than 100 properties tied to him through his companies. While Ingoglia’s disclosure shows three properties together worth more than $2 million, state corporate filings and county property records tie him to nearly $9 million more. (Florida Bulldog)

🥈 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Tallahassee ranked No. 2 on Forbes’ inaugural list of public historically Black colleges and universities. FAMU came in just behind North Carolina A&T State University. (Forbes)

🎧 “Top of Mind Florida,” the podcast by Michael Williams and Brian Crowley, explores what’s driving voters to the polls: the economy, property insurance and the affordability squeeze. They dig into the generational divide reshaping both parties, draw a sharp parallel between today’s political shifts and the rise of the tea party, and preview the property tax amendment that will be on the ballot in November. (Listen now; watch after 4 pm today.)