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What you need to know about Florida today
Long campaign ends as it began, with Florida too close to call
After dozens of campaign visits and more than $115 million spent on TV ads in Florida, the state is essentially tied, and remains the biggest swing state prize of the election. Florida is exactly where political analysts predicted 18 months ago, 12 months ago and six months ago it would be on the eve of the election. More from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and the St. Augustine Record.
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Janet Reno, former Miami-Dade state attorney and U.S. attorney general, dies at 78
Janet Reno was a prosecutor, a politician and a pioneer — a brainy South Floridian who grew up barefoot among peacocks and alligators and rose to the highest levels of government as the nation's first female attorney general. Read the full obit from Reuters, here. Also see more at the Times/Herald and the AP.
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Cost of necessities has Florida's poor living on a razor's edge
While unemployment and poverty rates have declined over the last five years, 3.1 million Floridians remain trapped in poverty with few ways to get ahead. The poor spend a disproportionate amount of their income on rent, child care, food and other necessities and are more at risk of debt, late fees and predatory loans than higher income people. [Source: Tampa Bay Times]
Workers from all over U.S. collaborate on Florida screwworm outbreak
Since news broke last month of a New World screwworm outbreak in the Lower Keys, aggressive efforts have been taken to fix the crisis. Behind the scenes are workers from state and federal agencies who have traveled to the Lower Keys from all over the United States. [Source: Keys News]
» Earlier: See the screwworm update from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, here.
Opinion: Enterprise Florida not only needs funding but answers
Gov. Rick Scott plans to ask the 2017 Legislature for $85 million for the state's lead economic development agency. Scott requested $250 million for Enterprise Florida during the previous legislative session, but was rebuffed by the state House. His new request might suffer a similar fate. [Source: Fort Myers News-Press]
› South Florida workforce could improve their skills, CEOs say
The U.S. is experiencing a national shortage of skilled construction workers. The Miami Herald asked South Florida business leaders: "In your field, what skills, training, education or professions do you think are hardest to find and hire in South Florida’s workforce?"
› Mississippi firm buys Jacksonville’s Dixie Egg Co.
Jacksonville’s Dixie Egg Co. has a new owner. Jacques Klempf, whose father founded the company 68 years ago, sold it Cal-Maine Foods, a Mississippi-based company also in the egg business.
› Naples company takes top prize at VentureTech Showcase
Catalyst OrthoScience LLC, which has developed what it describes as a "breakthrough product" for shoulder-replacement surgery, beat out 13 other contenders to be crowned the "best growth stage" company in Florida.
› Software business sold to Milwaukee company, but headquarters staying in Weston
Weston-based Auction123 has been acquired by Milwaukee, Wis.-based online marketing company ARI Network Services. Auction123, which has 19 employees, will maintain its headquarters in Weston, the acquiring company said.
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