Health care spending to accelerate

Spending on health care will outpace the nation's overall economic growth over the next decade, the government forecast on Tuesday, underscoring a coming challenge for the next president, not to mention taxpayers, businesses and individual Americans. More from the AP and Reuters.

Home prices rising steadily

U.S. home prices rose steadily in May, pushed higher by a healthy increase in sales this year. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home-price index increased 4.9 percent in May from 12 months earlier, down slightly from a 5 percent pace in April. [Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune]

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Research and recrimination on Florida's Treasure Coast

The Treasure Coast’s incentive-laden effort to brand itself as the Research Coast has hit some snags. This article looks at how relations between the city of Port St. Lucie and one of its high-profile biomedical recruits – VGTI -- boiled over this year. Access full story.

Court orders EPA to redo air-pollution limits in 13 states

The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit orders the EPA to redo sulfur-dioxide and nitrogen-oxide standards for 13 states, mostly in the South and Midwest, that contribute to soot and smog along the East Coast. [Source: AP]

A New Florida Mall Defies Retailing’s Headwinds

After the 2008 economic crisis, people stopped driving when they could and certainly stopped shopping with any gusto. In the more than six years since the recession, only three major enclosed malls were built in the United States. [Source: New York Times]

ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:

› Poll: Voters don't take a shine to solar amendment [South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
A solar-energy ballot initiative pending in the Florida Supreme Court could have a difficult time passing if it goes before voters in November 2016, a new poll suggests.

› Florida Legislature will return in October to redraw Senate districts [Florida Times-Union]
House Speaker Steve Crisafulli and Senate President Andy Gardiner called for the special session on Tuesday. It will be the third special session of the year.

› Orlando's n-Space earns awards at video game industry megaconference [Orlando Sentinel]
Dan O’Leary says his video game company N-Space doesn’t necessarily seek critics’ validation about its new game Sword Coast Legends. His team already believes the Dungeons and Dragons-based role-playing game they are building in Orlando will succeed.

› Wyncode offers coding scholarships in low-income communities [Miami Herald]
Wyncode Academy, which runs coding bootcamps, will provide scholarships to nine Miami-Dade County residents from low-income neighborhoods. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is investing $75,000 to fund the scholarships.

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› Florida Teachers Will Get Bonuses Tied To Their ACT, SAT Test Scores [International Business Times]
Florida teachers have received instructions for seeking the new and controversial Best and Brightest scholarships that are directly tied to an educator's own performance on the SAT or ACT. While they are called scholarships, the awards are not for continuing education and are actually a bonus.

› 126-job medical products project proposed in Cocoa [Florida Today]
A medical products manufacturer, going by the code name of “Project Taylor,” is considering opening a manufacturing plant in Cocoa that would employ 126 people by the end of 2018.

› FAMU business center director named “Florida Star of the Year” [Tallahassee Democrat]
Aundra McGlockton Sr., associate director at Florida A&M's Small Business Center, was recently named the “Florida Star of the Year” at the Florida Small Business Development Center 2015 Performance Awards.

› 20 best workplaces in health care [Fortune]
The health care sector is booming — and has an abundance of well-paying and rewarding jobs. These companies have perfected balancing demanding, round-the-clock work with fun and caring cultures.