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Thursday, October 24, 2024

Good Morning! On this day in 1971, Walt Disney World dedicated the Contemporary and Polynesian Resorts and debuted the Electrical Water Pageant along with a "Fantasy in the Sky" fireworks display.

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Stone Crab Season Clawing Ahead

The stone crab season has had a slow start for Florida harvesters after Hurricanes Helene and Milton set harvesting back by two weeks.

The 2024-2025 commercial season opened as scheduled on Oct. 15, but harvesters were unable to set their traps 10 days earlier, as normally permitted, due to the impact of Hurricane Helene.

Concerned about losing traps, which cost approximately $50 each, most fishermen waited until both storms were over and all warnings were lifted before setting their baited traps and beginning the harvest.

Florida supplies nearly all of the nation's stone crab claws. This Southern delicacy is the most expensive domestic seafood in the U.S. when measured by price per pound.

‘No on One’ Amendment Rally in Miami

On Wednesday, students and school board members converged at a No on One rally at the Miami-Dade County School Board Administration Building to oppose Amendment 1, which would politicize school board elections. See the full amendment here.

Under current Florida law, candidates for school board positions appear on the ballot without political affiliations. However, if Amendment 1 is approved on Nov. 5, this would change.

The amendment would overturn a law ensuring school board races in the state of Florida are nonpartisan. For the past 25 election cycles, school board candidates haven't been identified as Democrats or Republicans on ballots.

If passed, Amendment 1 would require voters to register as either Republicans or Democrats to participate in primary elections for school board candidates.

Early Voting Overturns Democratic Lead

According to early numbers from the state's Division of Elections, more than 1.3 million Floridians have already cast their vote for the Nov. 5 election.

Republicans have significantly outvoted Democrats across the state so far this week, reversing the turnout lead Democrats had built over the past month through mail-in voting.

Early voting on Tuesday nearly matched Monday's record-breaking turnout, marking a strong start for the state's early voting period.

Orange County officials reported they broke their first-day record of early voting with more than 18,150 voters showing up at the polls.

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➤ Tallahassee: Attorney General Ashley Moody asked the state Supreme Court to block hospital districts and school boards from separate opioid lawsuits after industry settlements. (See Details)

➤ Pinellas County: State environmental officials confirmed the presence of Red Tide off the coast on Friday. Concentrations of the irritant were detected 15 miles west of Clearwater, west of Indian Rocks Beach, and at three sites off the southern beaches. (More)

➤ Tampa: Insurance executives say Hurricane Milton “is not going to put anyone out of business,” though Florida's property insurance market faces a significant test. Early estimates rank Milton among the five costliest storms ever to make U.S. landfall. (More)

➤ Meanwhile, event planners in Tampa hope to give kids as normal of a Halloween as possible at several events this weekend. (See List)

➤ Orlando: The city council delayed an expected vote to add more than 80 square miles of ranch land to the city’s eastern boundary. The closely-watched Deseret Ranch annexation vote is now scheduled for Nov. 4. (See Video)

➤ Pinellas County: Gary Sinise and members of his foundation served lunch to the Sheriff’s Office on Saturday. The Sinise Foundation also delivered generators, chainsaws, cots, and other emergency preparedness supplies to the community. (See Photos)

➤ The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have provided injury updates on star receivers Chris Godwin and Mike Evans. Godwin is expected to miss the rest of the season with a dislocated ankle, while Evans is likely out until Week 11 due to a hamstring injury. (More)

➤ The Florida Panthers have signed head coach Paul Maurice to a multi-year contract extension. The full terms of the deal have not been disclosed. (More)

➤ The Jacksonville Jaguars' Week 9 game against the Philadelphia Eagles has been flexed out of Sunday Night Football and will now kick off at 4:05 p.m. ET on CBS. (More)

➤ Tampa Bay Lightning star Brandon Hagel notched his third career hat trick, scoring three goals in just 6 minutes and 25 seconds. (Watch Video)

➤ Yesterday's Results: NHL | NBA | NCAAF

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➤ Orlando-based Tupperware Brands, which recently filed for bankruptcy, agreed on Tuesday to sell its business to lenders for $23.5 million in cash and over $63 million in debt relief, canceling its planned open-market auction of assets. (More)

➤ Sony has acquired Boca Raton-based sports-tech company KinaTrax, a leader in markerless motion capture technology used to track biomechanical performance data for athletes. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. (More)

➤ Spirit Airlines, facing financial struggles, has borrowed $300 million from its credit line and secured another extended deadline to refinance about $1 billion in debt. Spirit's stock has dropped 90% this year. (More)

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➤ The Christmas-themed amusement park, Santa's Enchanted Forest, won't return this year after forty years of delighting visitors. (See Details)

➤ World Champions Cup, the three-team golf competition that debuted last year, was slated for December at The Concession Golf Club but canceled for 2024. (More)

➤ A Port St. Lucie resident captured the moment a Hurricane Milton tornado struck his home. (See Video)

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