Stet News🆕 A roundup of state laws that take effect Oct. 1. (News Service of Florida)
🌲 After a marathon session Wednesday, the Juno Beach Town Council signed off on Pulte’s plans for 40 townhomes on the Christmas tree lot along Donald Ross Road west of U.S. 1. But council members extracted promises from Pulte of $100,000 toward Kagan Park and $250,000 to bury power lines, in addition to a minimum of $300,000 for town-owned right-of-way. (Stet’s Aug. 29 story is here.)
💲 Florida’s minimum wage is now $13 an hour, continuing a series of annual increases approved by voters in 2020. Tipped workers now earn a minimum of $9.98 an hour. Both wages increased by a dollar Monday. (WPBF)
🔐 The Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum is closed until Oct. 8 while the gift shop is moved back to its original location. (Facebook)
🛞 Starting Oct. 1, rides on downtown West Palm Beach’s on-demand transport will cost $1, $2 or $4 depending on the destination. (The Palm Beach Post $$$)
🎓 Vanderbilt University expands to New York City with the purchase of seminary property in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. (The Tennessean)
- The move comes weeks after West Palm Beach gave Vanderbilt 2 acres and as Palm Beach County is poised to give 5 acres to draw a downtown graduate school of the Nashville-based university.
Major League Baseball’s hit king, Pete Rose, who operated the Pete Rose Ballpark Cafe in Boca Raton for many years, died Monday at age 83. (Yahoo Sports)
