🍊 THE WEEKLY SQUEEZE

💵 Accounts linked to Gov. Ron DeSantis recently funneled $40,000 to Michael Barnett, the former local Republican Party chair seeking election to the Palm Beach County Commission against Democrat Joel Flores. The contributions came from three political action committees. (Seeking Rents)

🚓 West Palm Beach has referred its investigation into police department pay to the state attorney, Terri Parker reports. (WPBF)

🥬 Legalized recreational marijuana could bring in $430 million per year in local and state tax revenues. Racial justice advocates are pushing to spend some of the money to remedy harm suffered by people of color under what they call discriminatory enforcement of drug laws. (WLRN)

💰 Related and BH Group pay $34 million for a North Flagler Drive site north of their planned Ritz-Carlton Residences condominium in West Palm Beach. (The Real Deal)

🏨 Developer BD Hotels secures a $75 million loan to build a 200-room hotel in the NORA district of West Palm Beach. (YIMBY)

👨‍🍳 Chef Todd English’s downtown Lake Worth Beach restaurant plans a soft opening this week. (ByJoeCapozzi)