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| 2/13/2019

› Florida may see new honeybees license tags
Tired of the typical Florida orange stamped on the back of your car? The Legislature is considering five new specialty license plate options for motorists, including ones promoting honeybees and the gopher tortoise.

› Another medical marijuana dispensary, VidaCann, opens in Orlando
Medical marijuana dispensary Vidacann has opened its first location in Orlando, making it the seventh cannabis supplier to open in Central Florida. VidaCann opened the store Tuesday in Orlando. Jacksonville-based VidaCann has 17 more locations in Florida.

› Better Business Bureau outlines top scams in Jacksonville
Scammers are doing what they can to separate you from your money, and the Better Business Bureau is warning about the most common ways thieves try to trick you. BBB reports the top reported scams for January 2019 in Jacksonville were: Online purchase, Fake invoice, Debt collections, Government grant, Health care.

› Tampa's Greenway Health to pay $57.25M in fraud settlement
In a settlement reached Feb. 6, authorities said that Greenway lied to both customers and the federal government by telling them its software met standards that would qualify customers for payments.

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