April 19, 2024

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What you need to know about Florida today

| 3/20/2017

› Officials: Florida has won the battle against screwworms
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services says it will wind down its response against flesh-eating maggots that threaten small, endangered deer in a national wildlife refuge in the Florida Keys.

› Weston startup completes more than $1 million financing round
Weston-based startup Candidate.Guru has completed a $1.1 million financing round, topped off by $300,000 from The Florida Institute for Commercialization of Public Research, which operates out of Gainesville and Boca Raton.

› BayCare and Publix Pharmacy to partner for health services
In as soon as four months, BayCare telehealth services will be installed in Publix locations in Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Polk counties, while Publix pharmacies will open in five BayCare hospitals.

› Miami official says Airbnb and homestead exemption incompatible
Miami-Dade homeowners frequently renting stays to Airbnb customers risk losing their homestead exemptions, according to a new advisory from the elected property appraiser — the latest example of the popular “home sharing” service dividing the county’s political establishment.

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