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Florida regulators approve base rate hike for Duke Energy customers
(The Center Square) — Nearly 2 million Florida electricity customers will pay a higher base rate after Duke Energy Florida's increase petition was approved by state regulators. The Florida Public Service Commission approved the highly contested rate hike Wednesday after negotiations between Duke Energy, groups representing residential customers — including the Sierra Club and the League of United Latin American Citizens — industrial customers and environmentalists reached a mutual agreement. ...
Wealthy Floridians Are Buying Up All of N.Y.C.’s Luxury Homes, a New Report Says
It was only a couple of years ago that a record number of high-earning New Yorkers fled the Big Apple. Oh, how the times have changed.7 Hotels Where You Can Set Sail on a Private Yacht In 2022, approximately 545,000 New York City residents packed their bags and moved to other parts of the country. A whopping 90,000 New Yorkers headed south to Florida, according to census data. As of last month, the state’s population had swelled to over 23 million, and each year has been adding anywhere from 350,000 to 375,000 new residents over the last decade. However, a new report from real estate...
Suspect arrested following alleged domestic dispute gives officers wrong name, later found to be fugitive wanted out of Florida
An investigation that began as an alleged domestic dispute on Old Waycross Highway ended up nabbing a fugitive wanted on a warrant out of Florida, according to a sheriff’s office report. On August 2, 2024, deputies received a call that Lucas Vasquez, 22, of Douglas, had damaged a door...
Florida quietly pulls LGBTQ+ travel info from state website
Key West, Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors and St. Petersburg are among several Florida cities that have long been top U.S. destinations for LGBTQ+ tourists. So it came as a surprise this week when travelers learned that Florida's tourism marketing agency quietly removed the "LGBTQ Travel" section from its website sometime in the past few months. Business owners who cater to Florida's LGBTQ+ tourists said Wednesday that it marked the latest attempt by officials in the state to erase the LGBTQ+ community. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis previously championed a bill to forbid classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity and...
Windermere High football kick off 2024 with a 21-3 win over Harmony
In one of the most highly anticipated seasons in the young program's history, Windermere High football has kicked it off in spectacular fashion — topping Harmony (0-1) on the road, 21-3. Led by senior quarterback Jack Reilly and his three touchdown passes to Shawn Falahpour, Jaylen Davis and Bryce...
Amazon to Build Nearly $20M Expansion at Space Coast Satellite Facility
Amazon plans on expanding its footprint on the Space Coast with another $19.5 million facility in its efforts to launch thousands of internet-providing satellites for Project Kuiper, the company’s competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink. To date, only two test satellites from Project Kuiper have flown when they took to...
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