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Health care spending to accelerate
Spending on health care will outpace the nation's overall economic growth over the next decade, the government forecast on Tuesday, underscoring a coming challenge for the next president, not to mention taxpayers, businesses and individual Americans. More from the AP and Reuters.
U.S. home prices rose steadily in May, pushed higher by a healthy increase in sales this year. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home-price index increased 4.9 percent in May from 12 months earlier, down slightly from a 5 percent pace in April. [Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune]
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Research and recrimination on Florida's Treasure Coast
The Treasure Coast’s incentive-laden effort to brand itself as the Research Coast has hit some snags. This article looks at how relations between the city of Port St. Lucie and one of its high-profile biomedical recruits – VGTI -- boiled over this year. Access full story.
Court orders EPA to redo air-pollution limits in 13 states
The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit orders the EPA to redo sulfur-dioxide and nitrogen-oxide standards for 13 states, mostly in the South and Midwest, that contribute to soot and smog along the East Coast. [Source: AP]
A New Florida Mall Defies Retailing’s Headwinds
After the 2008 economic crisis, people stopped driving when they could and certainly stopped shopping with any gusto. In the more than six years since the recession, only three major enclosed malls were built in the United States. [Source: New York Times]
› Poll: Voters don't take a shine to solar amendment
A solar-energy ballot initiative pending in the Florida Supreme Court could have a difficult time passing if it goes before voters in November 2016, a new poll suggests.
› Florida Legislature will return in October to redraw Senate districts
House Speaker Steve Crisafulli and Senate President Andy Gardiner called for the special session on Tuesday. It will be the third special session of the year.
› Orlando's n-Space earns awards at video game industry megaconference
Dan O’Leary says his video game company N-Space doesn’t necessarily seek critics’ validation about its new game Sword Coast Legends. His team already believes the Dungeons and Dragons-based role-playing game they are building in Orlando will succeed.
› Wyncode offers coding scholarships in low-income communities
Wyncode Academy, which runs coding bootcamps, will provide scholarships to nine Miami-Dade County residents from low-income neighborhoods. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is investing $75,000 to fund the scholarships.
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