Tropical Storm Emily expected to move across Florida today

Tropical Storm Emily has formed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of west-central Florida and is expected to move inland across the peninsula. A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for the west coast of Florida from Anclote River southward to Bonita Beach. A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are likely within the warning area, in this case within the next few hours. See the Public Advisory from the National Hurricane Center here.

» Gov. Rick Scott's statement regarding the storm
» Also read more at the AP, TCPalm, the Tampa Bay Times, and WFLA.

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Florida's workforce 2017

From Florida Trend's August issue comes a special report on Florida’s workforce. The report looks at life off the college track, apprenticeships, the future of worker training in Florida, where the jobs will be and won’t be, wages, a state program designed to encourage industry certifications, the skills gap and much more. Access full story.

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» Wages in Florida are stuck

Communities banking on mega youth sports facilities

All across the country, communities are reinventing themselves as youth sports travel destinations, following a model that Disney helped launch 20 years ago with a sprawling sports complex in Kissimmee, Florida. [Source: AP]

Florida turns over voter data to Trump commission

Florida provided voter-roll data to President Donald Trump’s election-fraud commission Friday despite a lawsuit by the ACLU of Florida attempting to prevent the state from providing the information. [Source: Times/Herald]

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» Florida voters cancel their own registration. Is Trump's fraud commission the cause?
» Earlier statement from the ACLU is here.

The City of Sarasota, a ransomware attack, ISIS and the FBI

A cyber attack that crippled Sarasota City Hall computer systems early last year was far more severe than previously reported publicly, a newly released administrative review reveals. It’s a bizarre series of events that included an Islamic State propaganda video, Russian hacking and, ultimately, a criminal investigation. [Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune]

ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:

› Algae bloom on Lake Okeechobee raises concern of 2016 repeat [AP]
Algae is blooming on Lake Okeechobee, stoking concerns of a more wide-scale bloom that choked nearby waterways with thick green goo in 2016.

› Are Brazilian real estate buyers back in Miami? [Miami Herald]
Brazil is to the Miami real estate market as LeBron James was to the Miami Heat: a supernova phenomenon that lifted us to the greatest heights, but left difficult questions and painful longing in its absence.

› Wally Lee, retired JAX Chamber president, remembered as visionary [Florida Times-Union]
Wally Lee, retired JAX Chamber president, died Friday at age 69. Mr. Lee served as chamber president and chief executive officer for 23 years before retiring in 2012.

› Goliath grouper talks begin, hogfish limits loom [Keys News]
Florida state fishery managers head to the Florida Keys for series of three workshops this week, asking anglers and conservationists for views on whether it’s time to allow a limited harvest of the fish that can grow to 800 pounds and 8 feet long.

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› Competition opens for Florida Book Awards [Tallahassee Democrat]
Established in 2006 and now the most comprehensive state book awards program in the nation, the contest recognizes and celebrates the year’s best books written by Sunshine State residents.

› Alachua County relatively untouched by opioid epidemic [Gainesville Sun]
In May Gov. Rick Scott declared that Florida is experiencing an opioid epidemic and cited a public health emergency in part because of a steep rise in overdose deaths. But Alachua County has been relatively untouched.

› First Coast counties see record jump in tourism spending at hotels in first half of 2017 [Florida Times-Union]
Tourists came to the First Coast in significantly high numbers in the first half of the year. Tourism bureaus in Duval, St. Johns and Nassau counties reported the first six months of this year brought notable increases in multiple tourism statistics.

› Celebrities from entertainment and sports icons show up for El Clasico Miami [Miami Herald]
Hard Rock Stadium was definitely the place to be in Miami on Saturday night. Among the 67,000 fans in the building were many familiar faces.