May 2, 2024

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What you need to know about Florida today

| 2/3/2017

› 2016 was Florida's second-warmest year -- after 2015
The Florida Annual Climate Summary shows 2016 was the state’s second-warmest year – after 2015 – since record-keeping began in 1895. It was much warmer than historical averages – more than two degrees warmer.

› Fort Lauderdale-based AutoNation names new president, executive VPs
The Fort Lauderdale-based automotive retailer (NYSE: AN) has appointed Executive VP and COO William "Bill" Berman to the role of president and COO.

› Florida wine in spotlight at viticulture center
Recently, the new Tallahassee Chapter of the American Wine Society — Uncorked & Unscrewed — visited the FAMU Center for Viticulture and Small Fruit Research for an evening of wine tasting and education.

› Customers: Spectrum breaks promise it won't raise rates
More than two dozen Spectrum customers have told the Tampa Bay Times that their rates are being raised significantly even as the company maintains publicly that bills will be unchanged.

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