Uthmeier to Investigate Broward Schools Laptop Contracts After Watchdog Says Staff Misled the Board· EducationTampa Theatre Reopens After $24.5 Million Restoration in Time for Its 100th Birthday· Entertainment & CultureSpaceX Targets Tuesday Dawn Launch From Cape Canaveral With Final Solar Arrays for the Space Station· National NewsRecord Sargassum Season Fades as Key West and UM Researchers Prepare for the Next Wave· Environment & ClimateManatee County Freezes Data Center Applications for a Year as Commissioners Float a Permanent Ban· PoliticsLeon County Schools Weighs $30 Million Payroll Loan as 29 Florida Districts Ask Voters for More Tax Money· EducationJustice Department Restarts Federal 7-OH Ban Using the Same Limits Florida Adopted in June· National NewsJury Convicts Man of First-Degree Murder in Shooting Outside North Marion Middle School Awards Ceremony; Judge Imposes Life· Crime & CourtsJacksonville Man Gets Life for Killing Neighbor Who Lived on a Boat, Then Burning and Burying His Remains· Crime & CourtsFlorida Health Department Moves Closer to Dropping Four School Vaccine Requirements After Heated Lake Mary Hearing· HealthFHA Home Loans to Non-Permanent Residents Collapse in Orlando, Lakeland and Miami After HUD Rule Change· National NewsFederal Appeals Court Upholds Florida Bar's Higher Fees for Experienced Out-of-State Lawyers· National NewsUthmeier to Investigate Broward Schools Laptop Contracts After Watchdog Says Staff Misled the Board· EducationTampa Theatre Reopens After $24.5 Million Restoration in Time for Its 100th Birthday· Entertainment & CultureSpaceX Targets Tuesday Dawn Launch From Cape Canaveral With Final Solar Arrays for the Space Station· National NewsRecord Sargassum Season Fades as Key West and UM Researchers Prepare for the Next Wave· Environment & ClimateManatee County Freezes Data Center Applications for a Year as Commissioners Float a Permanent Ban· PoliticsLeon County Schools Weighs $30 Million Payroll Loan as 29 Florida Districts Ask Voters for More Tax Money· EducationJustice Department Restarts Federal 7-OH Ban Using the Same Limits Florida Adopted in June· National NewsJury Convicts Man of First-Degree Murder in Shooting Outside North Marion Middle School Awards Ceremony; Judge Imposes Life· Crime & CourtsJacksonville Man Gets Life for Killing Neighbor Who Lived on a Boat, Then Burning and Burying His Remains· Crime & CourtsFlorida Health Department Moves Closer to Dropping Four School Vaccine Requirements After Heated Lake Mary Hearing· HealthFHA Home Loans to Non-Permanent Residents Collapse in Orlando, Lakeland and Miami After HUD Rule Change· National NewsFederal Appeals Court Upholds Florida Bar's Higher Fees for Experienced Out-of-State Lawyers· National News

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