💸State budget money flows into the county

St. Augustinians, beginning today, America's 💗🤍💙birthday week will be hot🌡and sticky 🥵 with little, if any, rain. As Micah and I share in our city's birthday festivities, the Daily Briefing will take a break Thursday and Friday, July 4-5. The newsletter will arrive in your inbox on Monday, July 8.

Our short week will spotlight cats available for adoption at the St. Johns County Pet Center . Hours: Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Meet Reeses, sporting a personality as sweet as a chocolate peanut butter cup🥮.

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New state budget a boon for county 💸

St. Johns County received $26.5 million in state appropriations from the Focus on Florida’s Future Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in early June.

The monies will be used for public safety, transportation, beach restoration and cultural affairs.

Click here to read the story.

What else you should know today: 🔊

🎬Movie night: Ambassador Andrew Young will attend a screening of "Crossing in St. Augustine," this evening, July 1, 6-8 p.m. at Lincolnville’s St. Paul AME Church . Attendance is free. Click here for story details.

⭐Celebrate the stars: The St. Johns County Parks & Recreation Department and the Ancient City Astronomy Club will host Night Under the Stars on Friday, July 5, 8:30-10 p.m. at the St. Johns County Fairgrounds . Registration is required.

📣Good news: St. Augustine Youth Services receives $1.4 million from the Focus on Florida’s Future’ Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 to assist with gathering three community teams into one building.

💸 Sales tax holiday: Florida’s Freedom Summer state sales tax holiday on summer activities and equipment runs July 1-31.

🏕 No camping allowed: A new U.S. Supreme Court's ruling allows cities to ban public camping and hold local municipalities accountable for their homeless populations. Click here to learn more.

Best thing Micah ate... Dexter's Deli Treats 🐶

Because of my absence, I always shower Micah with treats from my travels. While attending the IRE Conference in Anaheim, California, I stopped at Dexter's Deli , a pet store touted as the place pets bring their humans to for wholesome wellness pet care.

Here’s my 65-pound bundle of joy patiently waiting to devour his sweet-smelling, chewy Dexter's Gourmet Sweet Potato Chip. Handcrafted in small batches, the all-natural,100%, non-GMO sweet potato chips are yummy snacks void of preservatives, by-products, and fillers.

Touting over 25 years of selling healthy products for cats and dogs, Dexter’s Deli was voted one of America’s coolest pet stores in 2020 by Pet Plus Magazine . And yes, the San Diego-based locations ship products all over America.

Other doggo snacks include a flavorful assortment of Dexter's Gourmet snacks including Turkey Jerky; Beef Jerky; Apple & Oat Biscuits; Picnic Mix Biscuits; Peanut Butter Coconut Biscuits; and Gourmet Sweet Potato Fries. Add bacon chews, food bites, more biscuits and flavors of "budder" the likes of Bark Bistro Barking Banana Buddy Budder, a dog butter crafted with peanuts, banana, Chia seeds, and honey sidestepping high fructose corn syrup; sugar; salt; hydrogenated oil; palm oil; stabilizers; and xylitol.

The food and wellness care list for dogs and cats is humungous. Dexter’s Deli also offers nutritional wellness products for a myriad of issues including poor digestion, liver, kidney, immune and bone support, as well as stinky ears and elder care.

Hey, along with sharing your favorite St. Augustine moments with us, if you've adopted a pet from the St. Johns Pet Adoption Center, let us know. Send pictures and your story along with celebrating family, friends, and solo days brimming with funny, historical or simply pleasant moments with a photo as well as the "Hey, I have an idea; and did you know; and why is this happening in St. Augustine?" and of course, Tuesday's, "I've got a question" notes to Lviti@gannett.com .

This article originally appeared on St. Augustine Record: 💸State budget money flows into the county