Summer brought more tourists to Florida this year than last, according to preliminary numbers from Visit Florida.
The state’s official tourism marketing corporation said 21.9 million people visited the state in the third quarter of the year, 3.5 percent more than last summer.
The number of domestic travelers, which make up the vast majority of visitors, increased 3.2 percent. Overseas visitors jumped 5.5 percent and Canadians increased 4 percent.
The board that runs Jackson Health System is up for re-approval by the Miami-Dade County Commission after two years of working to turn around the hospital system’s dire financial situation. One member faces ethics questions.
"Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations.
Florida and several other states are creating accountability systems so education schools will develop quantitative ways to measure their programs’ success.
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