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What you need to know about Florida today
› Publix stock up as third-quarter sales reach $8.8 billion
Publix Supermarkets made $8.8 billion in the third quarter, even though it struggled to match big sales from Hurricane Irma last year, the company reported Thursday. Sales increased 3.2 percent, but same-store sales were up just 0.6 percent because the company saw a massive boost last year from high demand because of the storm.
› Miami’s strong-mayor referendum is a multimillion-dollar fight
Moneyed interests in real estate, architecture and construction have poured more than $1 million into the campaign to make Mayor Francis Suarez, the 41-year-old politician in his first year as the city’s figurehead, into a powerful “strong mayor” in charge of the municipal government’s day-to-day operations.
› Will Collier County approve its first penny sales tax?
Will notoriously conservative Collier County voters get behind the creation of its first local sales tax? Business leaders in the region hope so, and have rallied behind the One Collier effort for a penny tax to raise capital for needed assets.
› Hillsborough shows off $17 million ‘sportsplex,’ with 15 fields for championship play
Work is still under way, but Hillsborough officials took a moment Thursday to show off progress on their new $17 million sports complex — a state of the art collection of 15 athletic fields designed to attract national tournaments.
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