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What you need to know about Florida today
› Real estate industry to kick it into high gear, as Miami joins F1’s circuit
Formula One’s plan to race in Miami starting next year has developers and brokers ready to kick their marketing efforts into high gear to appeal to the fast-driving crowd. Efforts to bring the elite race to Miami culminated this month with a city vote that clinched a 10-year deal at Hard Rock Stadium with Related Companies’ chairman and founder Stephen Ross. The approval followed years of negotiations and opposition.
› Feeding South Florida seeks formal hearing after losing state food assistance bid
Feeding South Florida has filed a written protest requesting a formal administrative hearing after losing a bidding process for a contract with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The agency, led by Commissioner Nikki Fried, awarded a contract in late March for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) to Farm Share instead. TEFAP is organized under the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and aims to provide nutritious foods to low-income families.
› Florida poised to join other Republican-led states in tightening voting laws as Senate OKs changes
Florida is poised to join other Republican-led states in tightening voting laws, a contentious nationwide push that critics say will make it harder for people to cast their ballots. The Senate voted 23-17 in favor of a bill that puts new regulations on mail ballots and drop boxes and prohibits passing out items — including food and water — within 150 feet of a polling site.
› Cities and counties want Florida Supreme Court to rule on 2011 gun law that was challenged after Parkland shooting
Pointing to “far-reaching, statewide implications,” local governments want the Florida Supreme Court to rule in a case about a 2011 state law that threatens tough penalties if city and county officials approve gun-related regulations. Attorneys for the local governments filed a motion Friday requesting that the 1st District Court of Appeal send to the Supreme Court key issues in the case — a move known as certifying “questions of great public importance.”
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