May 2, 2024

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What you need to know about Florida today

| 6/24/2015

› Miami’s Little Havana endangered
Little Havana, perhaps Miami’s most storied neighborhood, is under threat. So much so, according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, that it put Little Havana on its annual list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.

› St. Johns County to pursue a half-cent sales tax increase
The decision comes after the St. Johns County Commission shot down a proposal on June 16 to let voters decide on a 1-cent sales tax hike.

› Florida backslides a bit in construction employment
Associated General Contractors of America says Florida shed about 1,600 construction jobs from April to May, though the Sunshine State is still up 28,200 jobs, or about 7.2 percent from May 2014.

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