May 8, 2024

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What you need to know about Florida today

| 8/11/2015

› Three scams that targeted Florida businesses shut down
A Leon County Court issued a temporary injunction and asset freezes against three corporations selling free government issued materials, overcharging for optional business certificates and misleading business owners into paying for unnecessary annual minutes.

› St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport reports record breaking traffic in July
The Pinellas County airport saw 173,743 passengers during the month of July, which is the highest number in airport history and a 50 percent increase over July 2014.

› Teachers learn how to teach computer coding to kindergartners
Kelly Crenshaw pictured the worst when she thought about teaching her kindergarteners computer code. Computer science was something people studied in college. How do you teach it to 5-years-olds who didn't even know how to write their names?

› Back in the cape
Signs of the economic recovery are everywhere in Cape Coral. This is a big deal for Cape Coral, the state’s third-largest city by landmass. It was one of the hardest-hit areas during the real estate crisis.

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