April 16, 2024

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What you need to know about Florida today

| 2/12/2018

› New program makes it easier to ship cars from Florida port
A Florida port says it's the first in the country to implement a process that allows customers shipping vehicles to submit documents electronically instead of having to go in person.

› One-two punch of disease and Irma has left Florida citrus reeling
Irma knocked 50 to 90 percent of Florida’s citrus fruit to the ground in places, according to the state commissioner of agriculture, Adam Putnam, causing $760 million in damage in the worst year for Florida oranges since 1945. But more was damaged than just a year's crop.

› Florida professor says moon is key to deep-space exploration
The secret to deep-space exploration could be buried deep within the moon. A University of Central Florida scientist is developing a process that could mine the moon of its ice, which could eventually open the way for rocket-fuel production on the lunar surface.

› Sarasota residents air concerns about bayfront plans
The new vision for the city-owned bayfront in the heart of downtown Sarasota has to be open, accessible and affordable to the residents of the area. That has been the feedback so far to the Sarasota Bayfront Planning Organization and Sasaki, the groups spearheading the project.

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