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A new artificial reefs program that scientists hope will help reduce stress on the Florida Keys' fragile marine ecosystem has started this month — with the first project off Key West already in the works.
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Suicidal thoughts, much like mental health conditions, can affect anyone regardless of age, gender or background. To raise suicide awareness, NAMI Miami-Dade will host the second South Florida Suicide Awareness Conference: “Honest Talk About Suicide and A Message of Hope" this weekend.
FLORIDA NEWS
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More than 20 million Americans lost Medicaid at some point in the past year. Children have been hit especially hard. Lindsey McNeil and her 7-year-old daughter, who has cerebral palsy and epilepsy, were told by the Florida’s Department of Children and Families that Noelle would be losing her Medicaid coverage 10 days later.
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Unhoused people across Florida will no longer be able to sleep on public property beginning in October. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law recently prohibiting the practice. Municipalities will have to enforce or face possible lawsuits.
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A parole program for people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela requires that they pay for their own flights to the U.S.
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