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What you need to know about Florida today

| 5/30/2018

› Sales-tax holiday helps Floridians brace for hurricane season [Orlando Sentinel]
With a sales-tax holiday starting next week, retailers are expecting big spending on disaster-preparedness supplies by Floridians who have fresh memories of last year’s Hurricane Irma. See the full list of items that will be tax-free during the holiday, here.

› Florida sees higher gas prices [Spectrum News]
For the millions of people who hit the roads for Memorial Day, they saw gas prices pushed near $3 a gallon. In Florida, it is at $2.90 for regular unleaded, up 60 cents from last year at this time.

› Rays move to Ybor City would put team within heart of region’s population, study shows [Tampa Bay Times]
When it comes to finding the sweet spot for a new major league ballpark, the number of people living within a 30-minute drive may hold the answer. It’s why Major League Baseball has insisted that new ballparks go in densely populated urban areas. It also helps explain all those empty seats at Tropicana Field.

› MegaCon Orlando 2018: Cosplay goes beyond adult dress-up [Orlando Sentinel]
Each year, thousands of fans flock to MegaCon Orlando at the Orange County Convention Center. The convention offers a visual feast of elaborate dress-up in the genres of comics, anime, horror and gaming. And some of those fans take it a step farther.