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Federal student loan borrowers number about 2.7 million in Florida and they owe more than $103 billion. Nationwide, more than 43 million borrowers owe a collective $1.7 trillion, according to the latest data, with the average amount per borrower topping $37,000.
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When the Center for Arts & Innovation in Boca Raton unveiled its new conceptual design by a Pritzker prize winning architecture firm, officials said it was a new window into what the building could mean for the community.
FLORIDA NEWS
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Florida Keys officials say a public ferry from Miami to Key West is no longer likely, but an inter-island boat system, an overhauled bus network and a new on demand car service are still in the works, alongside the reconstruction of the iconic Seven Mile Bridge.
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Wildlife officials said after more than three weeks of care at Mote Marine Lab in Sarasota, the sawfish — brought in after first-of-its kind rescue — was euthanized as its condition deteriorated.
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“We hear a lot about what's going on back home in terms of the violence, and the pain, and the fear, but we don't hear enough about ... how much beauty and delight there is in being Haitian and in growing up in Haiti,” said M.J. Fievre, a local author taking part in the Little Haiti Book Festival on May 5.
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