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| 7/10/2017

› The Arc Jacksonville announces new employment initiative for adults with disabilities
A new initiative will, among other things, develop job opportunities for small groups of disabled clients who need more assistance during a workday than most businesses can provide.

› Zika mosquito numbers up, so are control efforts across Miami-Dade
A rising number of Zika-spreading mosquitoes across Miami-Dade County and on Miami Beach is triggering more aggressive control efforts, Miami-Dade County officials said Friday.

› TECO accounts for nearly half of Florida power plant deaths, data shows
Over the last two decades, more workers have died at Tampa Electric's power plants than at those run by any other Florida utility. No other utility had more than three deaths, including much larger companies like Florida Power & Light and Duke Energy. Tampa Electric had nine.

› STOP! finds itself at center of Sarasota growth debate
Less than a year after putting an exclamation point on many neighborhoods’ complaints about Sarasota’s growth boom, the leaders of STOP! now find themselves in the driver’s seat in the city’s ongoing conversation about growth.

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