Stet News👩🏻💻 A confidential company eyeing incentives to bring its headquarters to downtown West Palm Beach is likely the California-based Fortune 500 software company ServiceNow. City commissioners will decide on Sept. 2 to provide up to $2 million in grants. The state has committed $15 million. The location is the office towers under construction in CityPlace. The as-yet-unidentified company would bring 850 jobs with an average salary of $170,000. (The Palm Beach Post $$$)
🐟 An environmental group has filed a legal challenge to the Southland Water Resource Project, a proposed limestone rock mine and water storage reservoir in Palm Beach County, saying it will threaten the Everglades Agricultural Area reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee. The Everglades Law Center filed the challenge on behalf of the Tropical Audubon Society and South Florida residents Jose Barros and Brian Rapoza. (Treasure Coast Newspapers $$$)
🚗 The proposed 11-story Palm Beach Atlantic University parking garage that drew protests from West Palm Beach Mayor Keith James and led to the resignation of Planning Director Rick Greene has come back at nine stories with the blessing of the mayor, who originally asked PBAU to cut it to seven stories. The garage goes with a proposed 25-story dormitory for nearly 1,000 students. (The Palm Beach Post $$$)
🚪 McCray’s Bar and Grill lasted just six weeks in Lake Worth Beach, closing at 604 Lake Ave. because of licensing and code violations and cash-flow problems. (Lake Worth Beach Independent $$$)
🍎 Whole Foods will open its second northern Palm Beach County location at The Shoppes at Jupiter at Indiantown Road and U.S. 1, taking the place of the Beall’s outlet store. (The Palm Beach Post $$$)
A “milestone” ruling after a yearlong wait delivered a victory to individuals suing Saudi Arabia for billions over its role in the 9/11 attacks on the United States. Senior U.S. District Court Judge George Daniels in New York refused to throw out the lawsuit, ruling that Saudi Arabia failed to meet its “ultimate burden of persuasion.” (Florida Bulldog)
📰 The loss of local news is linked with increased government secrecy, according to a new study conducted by the Brechner Center for the Advancement of the First Amendment at the University of Florida. (Northwestern University Local News Initiative)
🎧 “Top of Mind Florida,” the podcast by Michael Williams and Brian Crowley, meets with a Florida rocket engineer, Nicole Cummings, who is helping to lead the Artemis mission to the moon. (Listen here. Watch here after 4 pm Wednesday.)
