Overview

• FDOT repainted the Pulse memorial crosswalk black and white again Sunday night after repeated chalk recolorings, with troopers and Orlando police maintaining round‑the‑clock presence and warning that anyone using paint would be arrested.
• Formal letters to municipalities set early‑September deadlines and warn the state will remove noncompliant designs, bill cities for the work, and seek to withhold transportation funds.
• Fort Lauderdale scheduled an emergency meeting for Wednesday on its targeted designs, Key West is pursuing an administrative appeal for Sept. 3, Miami Beach officials are pushing for a commission debate, Coral Gables began repainting at the state's direction, and St. Petersburg said it will comply after an appeal was denied.
• Gov. Ron DeSantis publicly defended the removals, and FDOT cited safety and uniformity standards tied to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices following Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s July 1 guidance.
• Activists and local leaders condemned the actions as erasure, staged protests across Broward and in Orlando, and noted the Pulse crosswalk had been approved by FDOT when it was installed in 2017.