Stet News✈️ Hours after the collapse of Spirit Airlines on Saturday, JetBlue Airways announced plans to add 11 routes this year from its primary Florida hub, Fort Lauderdale. They include Charlotte, Indianapolis and Nashville. (Business Insider)
🚔 Vastly different terms shape the cost of sheriff’s coverage in 12 Palm Beach County municipalities. “It is like a code that is impossible to break, no matter how hard you try,” said Jamie Titcomb, town manager of South Palm Beach. (The Palm Beach Post $$$)
⚖️ Former MorseLife Health System CEO Keith Myers sued the nonprofit over his termination, claiming he was made a “scapegoat” for its challenges. (South Florida Business Journal $$$)
5️⃣ The West Palm Beach-Boca Raton area ranked fifth in the nation for office space under construction by CommercialCafe’s latest annual Office Pipeline report. As of January, nearly 1.6 million square feet were in the pipeline here.
- Only Boston, Manhattan, Dallas and Los Angeles had more office space under development. (South Florida Business Journal $$$)
🔥 Former Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has joined the Ambition Accelerated campaign as a senior adviser. Ambition Accelerated was launched by billionaires Stephen Ross and Ken Griffin to recruit more companies, CEOs and founders to Florida’s corridor between West Palm Beach and Miami. (Axios)
🌊 Boynton Beach is resurrecting the idea of widening the nearly 100-year-old Boynton Inlet and replacing its fixed-span bridge on State Road A1A with a drawbridge. (The Coastal Star)
✉️ Riviera Beach City Council Member Bruce Guyton ordered City Manager Jonathan Evans last year to “deal” with the city’s chief financial officer or face consequences, according to a letter to the city from the CFO’s attorney. Guyton successfully pushed for Evans’ removal last week. (WPTV Channel 5)
🛍️ A retail plaza at Belvedere Road and Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach has sold for $11.4 million after an abandoned plan to put luxury housing there. The new owner said the plan is to keep it a shopping center for now. (The Palm Beach Post $$$)
🔎 An examination of Armor Health and health treatment in county jails. (Florida Trib)
⛱️ The Beach Club, the municipal golf course restaurant known for affordable food, a casual vibe and spectacular water views, could soon be entering its final round at Lake Worth Beach Golf Club. Seeking competitive proposals for a new restaurant there “is our opportunity to move our city forward,” City Commissioner Sarah Malega said. The Beach Club’s operator was encouraged to apply. (Lake Worth Beach Independent $$$)
🚊 Auditors for Brightline say there is “substantial doubt” that the private train company can avoid bankruptcy because of a lack of cash needed to pay off debt.
- A Miami Herald-WLRN investigation of Brightline’s fatality rate was honored Monday as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in local news reporting. (WLRN)
- DePaul University professor Joseph Schwieterman — an expert in urban planning — said bankruptcy isn’t likely to threaten Brightline’s operations because the service is generating a “positive cash flow.” (Axios)
📣 The Equal Ground on the Ground: 2026 Legislative Session Debrief Tour comes to West Palm Beach this week. The nonpartisan event outlines what happened during the legislative session for everyday Floridians at 6 pm Wednesday at the Palm Beach County Main Library at 3650 Summit Blvd. Equal Ground is a nonprofit working to build Black political power and increase civic engagement in Florida. Register here.
🎧 “Top of Mind Florida,” the podcast by Michael Williams and Brian Crowley, welcomes Nicholas Ostheimer, president of the FAU College Democrats, and Joseph Semprevivo, president of the FAU College Republicans, for a conversation about what their generation wants from government. (Listen now; watch)
