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What you need to know about Florida today

| 6/28/2017

› Airbnb says county agreements should lead it to equal 2016 tax payments in first six months
Vacation home-rental marketing giant Airbnb said Tuesday its expanding list of tax agreements and its growing business in Florida should lead it to equal last year’s total sales and tourist tax payments just in the first six months of 2017.

› SpaceX will try for third Falcon 9 launch in less than two weeks
After back-to-back launches last weekend, SpaceX could launch its next Falcon 9 mission as soon as Sunday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a high-power Intelsat communications satellite.

› Tampa moves to pause permits for 5G wireless equipment to assess impact of new Florida law
With the regulatory landscape changing fast — the law goes into effect Saturday — the city of Tampa is moving to put a six-month pause on issuing permits for putting the new technology on its rights of way.

› Florida bitcoin processing boss gets over 5 years in prison
A Florida man has been sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison by a New York judge who says he used a "pyramid of lies" to boost a business that helped criminals process illegal bitcoin transactions.

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