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Consumer sentiment among Floridians ticked up 1.3 points in April to 73.3 from March’s revised figure of 72. National sentiment, on the contrary, dropped 2.2 points.

The Orlando Sentinel, the South Florida Sun Sentinel and six other newspapers sued Microsoft and OpenAI on Tuesday, claiming the technology giants illegally harvested millions of copyrighted articles to create their cutting-edge “generative” artificial intelligence products.

On average, teachers in Florida make $53,098, according to the report, which cites data from fiscal year 2022-2023. The No. 50 ranking dropped two spots from last year's No. 48 spot.

Florida is using $5,000 bonuses to recruit and attract experienced police officers from places such as Chicago, New York City and Albany.

Florida regulators released new data on county-by-county insurance claims after Hurricane Ian devastated parts of coastal southwest Florida and other areas of the state.