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What you need to know about Florida today
› Florida doesn’t have a presumptive-cancer law
Florida is among 13 states that have not passed a presumptive-cancer law – a law recognizing that a firefighter’s disability or death from cancer is presumed to be contracted in the line of duty.
› FPL says 1.25 million solar panels have been installed this year
The Juno Beach-based company said it has installed more than 1.25 million panels so far this year, more than the 1 million panels built at three power plants in 2016. The utility said its goal by 2023 is to have more than 10 million panels.
› Irma is long gone, but South Florida’s watery wilderness is still feeling the pain
When Hurricane Irma charged across the state last month, coastal communities hammered by powerful storm surges drew most headlines. But inland Lake Okeechobee, the state’s massive 730-square-mile liquid heart, also took a hit.
› Jacksonville City Council to vote on suing makers, distributors of prescription painkillers
City Hall could soon take a major step toward filing a lawsuit against the makers and distributors of prescription pain killers that would allege the businesses are partly responsible for the spike in opioid overdose deaths that have been a scourge in Jacksonville.
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