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What you need to know about Florida today
› Florida lawmakers say vaping disease is an emergency, but what will they do about it?
The spate of serious lung injuries and even deaths associated with vaping that have swept across the country, including one death in Florida, is spurring state lawmakers to tackle the issue. But exactly what they’ll do about it remains unclear.
› Florida fishing: FWC extends red snapper season
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced two additional recreational red snapper fishing days for Gulf waters, due to the timing of Tropical Storm Nestor’s impacts to the state. The fall weekends season for private recreational anglers and state for-hire operations, which was previously announced to occur Oct. 12-13, 19-20, and 26-27, is extended to include Nov. 2-3.
› Tampa Bay millennials like VA loans
Three Florida metro areas — including Tampa Bay — are among the nation’s top 10 for millennial borrowers using VA loans. Nationwide, the number of loans backed by the Department of Veteran Affairs rose 2.3 percent year-over-year in September, led by a 14 percent jump in mortgages to vets and active-duty personnel born between 1981 and 1996.
› HHS to shutter Homestead detention center
The private prison company running the Homestead detention center that housed thousands of migrant children since 2018 and became a symbol of the Trump administration’s immigration policies will not have its contract renewed, according to an email sent to Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, D-Miami, by the Department of Health and Human Services on Friday.
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