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What you need to know about Florida today

| 7/20/2016

› UF Health Shands recognized as top health care workplace
UF Health Shands Hospital has been recognized as one of the nation’s 150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Healthcare.

› Florida airports to get more overseas flights
Southwest Florida’s in a good position to score air service from Paris or London in the next five years. Brexit is no barrier. And U.S. flights to Cuba “will be huge – 10 years from now.” These are observations from Mike Boyd, aviation industry consultant.

› Florida law enforcement unifies in wake of shootings
Sunday’s killing of three police officers in Baton Rouge prompted law enforcement leaders across Florida to remind troops to stick together, rely on their training and remember the communities that they serve support them.

› Orange Bowl college football game was key driver of $228 million economic impact for South Florida
South Florida scored a big economic boost from last year's Capital One Orange Bowl game and other events organized as part of the 2015-16 Orange Bowl Festival, a new study from Rockport Analytics showed.

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