May 4, 2024

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What you need to know about Florida today

| 5/15/2015

› From wedding planner to funeral planner?
Many University of Central Florida students study hospitality management and dream of becoming a wedding planner or running their own grandiose hotel someday. But some head down an unexpected career path: planning funerals.

› First round of cuts next week as South Florida hopes to end Super Bowl drought
The Dolphins are about a quarter of the way through their $400 million overhaul to Sun Life Stadium, a renovation project paid for by private funds. The good news for team owner Stephen Ross, who’s footing most of the bill: He might soon get the first return on his hefty investment.

› Florida's Lt. Gov. moves closer to US Senate bid
Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera is taking steps that could help him run for the seat now held by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio. Supporters of the Miami Republican announced Thursday they're creating a super PAC that could assist Lopez-Cantera once he officially jumps into the 2016 race.

› Madeira Beach seeks to ease rules on selling public land
Voters may be asked next year to give up their right of approval for vacating alleys and sale of city-owned property. The reason, city officials say, is that it will make it easier for hotel and other developments to happen in the city.

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