April 20, 2024

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| 12/13/2016

› Fort Lauderdale's JetSmarter attracts $105 million in funding, plans rapid growth
JetSmarter’s growth plan is hitting cruising altitude, powered by a large round of new funding. On Monday, the private jet marketplace announced that it raised $105 million in its Series C equity financing round from existing and new strategic investors.

› Census data: St. Johns County recovered better than Florida overall from 2010 to 2015
As Floridians trudged through the economic recovery in the first half of the decade, new data recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows St. Johns County residents have emerged better than the state in general.

› Florida Tech Ranked Among Best in U.S. for Graduate Employability
Florida Institute of Technology is among the 32 best universities in the United States in producing graduates employers want to hire, a new survey found.

› Analysis shows racial disparity in Florida sentencings
An analysis of Florida's criminal justice system shows that black defendants spend longer time behind bars than white defendants for the same types of crimes.

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