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![A California-based producer of lab-grown poultry filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new Florida ban on selling or manufacturing âcultivatedâ meat. A California-based producer of lab-grown poultry filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new Florida ban on selling or manufacturing âcultivatedâ meat.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Cultivated-Meat-Explainer.jpg?w=132)
Florida’s ban on ‘cultivated’ meat challenged
A California-based producer of lab-grown poultry filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new Florida ban on selling or manufacturing âcultivatedâ meat.
![Florida officials have warned Port Canaveral leaders that they are putting at risk current and future infrastructure money if they donât reverse dock plans that appear to favor cruise ships over the space industry. Florida officials have warned Port Canaveral leaders that they are putting at risk current and future infrastructure money if they donât reverse dock plans that appear to favor cruise ships over the space industry.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EIOCQE32DFCLXGSTMNEHLIQWOQ.jpg?w=140)
Florida officials warn port leaders to reverse dock plans that favor cruise ships over space industry
Florida officials have warned Port Canaveral leaders that they are putting at risk current and future infrastructure money if they donât reverse dock plans that appear to favor cruise ships...
![As the Atlantic Ocean shows signs of heating up, potentially fueling damaging hurricanes, a former state and national disaster chief warned Tuesday of working-class Floridians being priced out of communities in post-storm rebuilding. As the Atlantic Ocean shows signs of heating up, potentially fueling damaging hurricanes, a former state and national disaster chief warned Tuesday of working-class Floridians being priced out of communities in post-storm rebuilding.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/TOS-L-volusia-1-year_1420f-2.jpg?w=131)
Post-storm rebuilding costs could pose problems, former FEMA leader says
As the Atlantic Ocean shows signs of heating up, potentially fueling damaging hurricanes, a former state and national disaster chief warned Tuesday of working-class Floridians being priced out of communities...
![Floridians can stock up on school supplies, such as clothes, notebooks and laptops, when Florida's annual back-to-school tax holiday begins July 29. The savings period runs through Aug. 11. Floridians can stock up on school supplies, such as clothes, notebooks and laptops, when Florida's annual back-to-school tax holiday begins July 29. The savings period runs through Aug. 11.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2014/10/03/C466JBSQ7BFQREVBWF7KMZ5RXM.jpg?w=135)
Tax-free holiday starts today for back-to-school items
Floridians can stock up on school supplies, such as clothes, notebooks and laptops, when Florida's annual back-to-school tax holiday begins July 29. The savings period runs through Aug. 11.
![High school athletes in Florida, just like their college counterparts, will be able to make money off the field through endorsements and other kinds of deals. High school athletes in Florida, just like their college counterparts, will be able to make money off the field through endorsements and other kinds of deals.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/VP-48215.jpg?w=135)
High school athletes can make money through endorsements, Florida education board says
High school athletes in Florida, just like their college counterparts, will be able to make money off the field through endorsements and other kinds of deals.
![University of Florida trustees Tuesday brought back former President Kent Fuchs to lead the school on an interim basis, after the sudden resignation of President Ben Sasse. Fuchs, who spent about eight years as UF president, will return to the role on Aug. 1. University of Florida trustees Tuesday brought back former President Kent Fuchs to lead the school on an interim basis, after the sudden resignation of President Ben Sasse. Fuchs, who spent about eight years as UF president, will return to the role on Aug. 1.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2022/01/05/6ML3TPBGMWMXQG4SE56OHL5NXI.jpg?w=135)
Fuchs to return as interim UF president after Sasse’s resignation
University of Florida trustees Tuesday brought back former President Kent Fuchs to lead the school on an interim basis, after the sudden resignation of President Ben Sasse. Fuchs, who spent...
![Claim form for unemployment benefits. Claim form for unemployment benefits.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2021/01/28/UICN5HBHXQTJOXN5R5A3FGTSAM.jpg?w=135)
Florida unemployment rate holds steady at 3.3% for third month
Floridaâs unemployment rate held steady in June for a third consecutive month, as baby-boomer retirements affect the size of the labor force and the hospitality industry has shed some jobs.
![Florida has stopped taking new applications for a popular home-hardening program, less than a month after a new round of funding became available for the My Safe Florida Home program. Florida has stopped taking new applications for a popular home-hardening program, less than a month after a new round of funding became available for the My Safe Florida Home program.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2021/12/11/PUHAHRDV2LRKK7MC3QHCYXDFDE.jpg?w=135)
Florida stops taking applications for home-hardening grants because funds are depleted
Florida has stopped taking new applications for a popular home-hardening program, less than a month after a new round of funding became available for the My Safe Florida Home program.
![Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a controversial measure that will bolster self-defense arguments for people who kill bears on their property, while vetoing a bill that would have prevented motorists from cruising in the left lanes of highways. Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a controversial measure that will bolster self-defense arguments for people who kill bears on their property, while vetoing a bill that would have prevented motorists from cruising in the left lanes of highways.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2022/04/30/G7QKY3Z2EU5QXGJT5ROXOKJ7JA.jpg?w=135)
DeSantis vetoes left-lane cruising crackdown, signs bill to allow killing bears in self-defense
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a controversial measure that will bolster self-defense arguments for people who kill bears on their property, while vetoing a bill that would have prevented...
![Eleven candidates, mostly incumbents and many from South Florida, won legislative races Friday as they did not draw opponents before a qualifying deadline, while the Florida Democratic Party hit a goal of having candidates vie for every seat up for election. Eleven candidates, mostly incumbents and many from South Florida, won legislative races Friday as they did not draw opponents before a qualifying deadline, while the Florida Democratic Party hit a goal of having candidates vie for every seat up for election.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2019/11/18/2TPUROVHMBBCLEQE7R3ZPQEZLM.jpg?w=135)
Democrats, many from South Florida, win 11 legislative seats. They include Bernard, Daley, Hunschofsky, Skidmore.
Eleven candidates, mostly incumbents and many from South Florida, won legislative races Friday as they did not draw opponents before a qualifying deadline, while the Florida Democratic Party hit a...