📈 While the state is putting a measure to reduce property taxes on the November ballot, Palm Beach County commissioners will consider asking voters to pay more in property taxes. The commission will consider on Tuesday asking voters to borrow up to $175 million to upgrade the library system and $275 million to upgrade parks. Repayment would come from property taxes. (Library item, parks item)

💰 Florida’s bill to pay for immigrant detention centers is nearing $1 billion, including $824 million on the soon-to-close Alligator Alcatraz. The amount is enough to give every public school teacher in the state about a $6,000 bonus. (Miami Herald $$$)

🚔 Two notes from last week’s Riviera Beach City Council meeting:

• Council members unanimously cleared the way for the new police headquarters planned at the old Barracuda Bay property on Blue Heron Boulevard. The city could break ground as soon as July.
• The council also unanimously agreed to spend up to $50,000 on a national search for a city manager. (Watch the meeting)

🚨 Former Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter, who oversaw the 2005 investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, has been reluctant to let the case dominate his life, but he opened up in this overview of the Epstein investigation from its origins in Palm Beach. (Miami Herald $$$)

🚙 Lake Worth Beach city commissioners could decide to end free parking downtown when they consider building a $9.8 million parking garage for a “cultural arts campus” anchored by the Wiener Museum of Decorative Arts and a 110-unit apartment complex. (Lake Worth Beach Independent)

✏️ The private Pine Crest School from Fort Lauderdale is expanding to West Palm Beach to create its third South Florida campus after getting a substantial contribution from real estate developer Stephen Ross. The school’s proposed location and the amount of the gift have not been announced. (The Palm Beach Post $$$)

🤖 Florida Atlantic University received a $1 million donation to launch an artificial intelligence lab to prepare students for careers working with AI. The donation came from the Levine Family Foundation. (Sun-Sentinel $$$)

📜 Long before Atlantic Avenue became the heart of Delray Beach, the Colony Hotel was already creating a history that now spans 100 years. (The Coastal Star)

Dr. Carmine Priore, a retired dentist and longtime member of the Wellington Village Council starting in 1996, died May 26 at age 86. (Palms West Funeral Home)

🧑‍🍳 Pomona in downtown Lake Worth Beach is hosting nationally recognized chef Hannah Flora for a one-night chef takeover on June 13. The evening will feature a $95 four-course tasting menu and a guest meet and greet. (Boca Magazine)

🐦‍⬛ The Perch, a viewing platform, is open in Jonathan Dickinson State Park. Created through a partnership between the Friends of JDSP and the University of Miami, this covered overlook offers hikers a new vantage point to take in the wild and peaceful scenery along Kitching Creek. (Audubon of Martin County)

🆓 Admission to the Norton Museum of Art is free on Saturdays through Sept. 5 for Palm Beach County residents. Bring your ID. (Norton.org)

🎙️ “Top of Mind Florida,” the podcast by Michael Williams and Brian Crowley, hears from Victoria Doyle, the Democratic challenger to U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel in the newly drawn House District 23 primary. Doyle, a retired federal intellectual property attorney from Lake Worth Beach, argues Frankel has been largely ineffective in her nearly 14 years in office. (Listen now; watch after 4 pm today.)