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• Judge to reconsider Florida's effort to halt federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates

  Pointing to a new state law, a federal judge has decided to reconsider Florida’s request for an injunction against a requirement that workers at hospitals, nursing homes and other health-care providers be vaccinated against COVID-19.

• Unprecedented: Suarez push to do Miami city business in cryptocurrency meets the law

  Miami is positioning itself as the vanguard for a brave and some say risky new and uncharted world where municipal business is conducted with cryptocurrency.

• UCF study finds theme park fans are wary of ‘dynamic’ ticket pricing

  The attractions are increasingly employing what’s known as dynamic pricing, a business strategy to manage revenue and crowds by charging more when demand is highest.

• South Florida gridlock is getting worse. How are local leaders grappling with it?

  Now that COVID-19 has receded as paralyzing threat to transportation, Brightline is back, Tri-Rail is at full strength, yet so is gridlock.

• Hurricanes missed Tampa Bay again this season. But here comes climate change.

  A weakening jet stream could bring more storms our way in the next two decades and extend the hurricane season by two months, one expert says.