🍊 THE WEEKLY SQUEEZE

🎙️ In a few months, WLRN could be transmitting local and national programming into Palm Beach and Martin counties with the signal of “The Flame” 104.7-FM. South Florida Public Media Group, the public media management company for WLRN, is awaiting Federal Communications Commission approval for its purchase and conversion of the station’s license to non-commercial. 
“This acquisition is more than just an expansion — it’s a commitment to public trust, to community, and to closing the radio news gap that currently exists in Palm Beach and Martin counties,” said John LaBonia, CEO of South Florida Public Media Group. (WLRN)

🚨 MorseLife Health System agreed to change the way it pays its top executive, Keith Myers, after this story detailed annual payments reaching $10.3 million to a for-profit management company Myers co-owned. Several board members resigned from the 40-year-old, West Palm Beach-based organization that provides health care, housing and supportive services for seniors after an anonymous letter dropped in January. (The Palm Beach Post $$$)

🗣️ Self-help guru Tony Robbins, a Manalapan resident since 2013, encountered resistance from the Town Commission after a neighbor complained that he exceeded town codes when he erected a 10-foot wall to improve security at his oceanfront house. Remove it or work it out with the neighbor, the commission said. (The Coastal Star) 

💸 Tampa-based Slide Insurance, which started in 2022, paid husband-and-wife executives Bruce and Shannon Lucas more than $50 million over two years, federal filings show. (The Palm Beach Post $$$)

🥫 Higher food costs coupled with federal cuts to food distribution are stressing local food banks scrambling to meet rising demand. (The Coastal Star)

Warren “Mac” McLaughlin, who oversaw the county Convention and Visitors Bureau during booming growth and championed construction of a convention center in West Palm Beach before departing in 2006 after an accountant embezzled $1.5 million from the agency, died June 1 at age 89. A celebration of life is planned for June 19.