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› Looking for zoos, safaris or botanical gardens? Florida has one of each ranked in 10 best list
If you're looking for the best zoos and botanical gardens in the country, you don't have to go far. Florida has you covered. Every year, USA TODAY's 10Best Reader's Choice Awards pick the top... well, many, many things, in the nation. Expert panels select the best in the U.S. and then readers across the nation cast their votes. And several Florida destinations made the grade in the top 10 lists for best zoos, best botanical gardens and best safari parks. Here's
› New protections for Big Cypress? Miccosukee, hunters worry about being locked out
The Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park are both part of the Everglades and both are crucial to restoring the historic flow of water through the River of Grass. Yet for decades the federal government has managed these vast swaths of nature very differently — the Big Cypress allows hunting, air-boating and other human impacts that are strictly off-limits in the neighboring national park.
› Jacksonville-based Redwire Corp. growing revenue
Redwire Corp. has not come close to the forecasts it offered before it went public in 2021, but it continues to grow revenue as it deploys new technology for space travel. “We are not a maybe someday space company,” CEO Peter Cannito said in Jacksonville-based Redwire’s year-end conference call with analysts March 15.
› State says Broward schools must pay millions to charter schools by December
The Broward School District has “knowingly and willfully” refused to comply with Florida law related to sharing 2018 referendum dollars with charter schools and must pay millions by Dec. 31 or face sanctions, according to a memo issued Tuesday by Education Commissioner Manny Diaz. Diaz wrote the district should document how it plans to comply prior to an April 17 meeting of the state Board of Education. He plans to make the formal recommendation to the state board on March 27.
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