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What you need to know about Florida today
› Birding festival to take flight in Central Florida
Bird enthusiasts will flock to Central Florida Jan. 17-21 for the North Shore Birding Festival. According to Orange Audubon’s President and Festival Committee Chair Deborah Green, the event brings together birding trip leaders with those wanting to learn more in a bird hotspot.
› Florida's agriculture commissioner Nikki Fried to hire cannabis director and tweak gun permit process
One of the first things Florida’s top Democrat, Nikki Fried, will do now that she is agriculture commissioner will be to hire a cannabis director to oversee the burgeoning industries of agricultural hemp and medical marijuana edibles in the state.
› St. Pete Pier's official budget is $80 million, but other pots providing millions more
The year was 2010, when the City Council voted to demolish St. Petersburg’s old inverted pyramid Pier that was costing taxpayers about $1.4 million in annual subsidies. Nine years later, the “world class” Pier of current Mayor Rick Kriseman’s dreams is under construction, rising in a downtown strumming with a youthful vibe.
› Florida gas prices back on the rise, AAA says
Gas prices are back on the rise after a brief plunge kicked off the new year, according to AAA. The price of gas in Florida finally leveled out last week after it dropped 70 cents in 91 days, according to a report.
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