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🌅 📚 Enrollment Drop Cost $7 Million

Sep 9, 2026

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🌅 📚 Enrollment Drop Cost $7 Million

☀️🌱 Plus: 📍 state funding pulled, 💰 $93M voucher spending, ✂️ no layoffs made, ✈️ airport redesign, 🍽️ waterfront stalled, 💻 data center vote

🌅 🎙️ Teachers Union President Interview

Sep 8, 2026

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🌅 🎙️ Teachers Union President Interview

☀️🌱 Plus: 🎤 David Freeland on Patreon, 🏫 public education squeeze, 👨‍🏫 privatization impact, 🚂 Brightline loan crisis, 🚆 Tri-Rail cuts, 🎓 university ban

🌅 💰 $971M Budget Set

Sep 4, 2026

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🌅 💰 $971M Budget Set

☀️🌱 Plus: 📊 unanimously approved, 📉 $1B potential loss, 🏛️ final vote Sept 17, 🏘️ attainable housing, 🛍️ PSL district, ✈️ airport costs

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🌅 🎉 Labor Day Weekend Events

Sep 3, 2026

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🌅 🎉 Labor Day Weekend Events

☀️🌱 Plus: 🎭 theater all weekend, 🎵 reggae fest, 🐎 Pete Clemons rodeo, 🎸 Skynyrd tribute, 🎤 concerts, 🎉 Monday parade

🌅 🚫 St. Lucie Removes Flock Cameras

Sep 2, 2026

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🌅 🚫 St. Lucie Removes Flock Cameras

☀️🌱 Plus: 🗳️ vote 3-2, 👮 police chiefs debate, 📊 transparency opens, 🏥 hospital needs height, 🎸 grass fest, 🎭 live shows

🌅 🚫 Florida Pulls Flock Permits

Sep 1, 2026

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🌅 🚫 Florida Pulls Flock Permits

☀️🌱 Plus: 📸 cameras ordered removed, 🔒 privacy concerns cited, 📋 30-day deadline, 🎤 September shows, 📱 national headlines

🌅 🍽️ 9 New Restaurants Opening

Aug 31, 2026

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🌅 🍽️ 9 New Restaurants Opening

☀️🌱 Plus: 🍴 treasure coast boom, 😢 Jensen Beach closes, 🎓 superintendent search, 🏛️ historic repairs, 📅 September packed, 🗳️ Florida food survey

🌅 ⚡ New Fort Pierce Data Center Proposed

Aug 28, 2026

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🌅 ⚡ New Fort Pierce Data Center Proposed

☀️🌱 Plus: 🏗️ 200-acre campus, 📍 I-95 location, 💧 Vero rates, 🗑️ PSL refunds, 💻 Martin moratorium, 🎬 video breakdown available

🌅 🎬 Drive-In & Comedy Weekend

Aug 27, 2026

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🌅 🎬 Drive-In & Comedy Weekend

☀️🌱 Plus: 🎭 Proof theater, 🎤 comedy shows, 🐝 spelling bee, 🎶 Pearl Jam tribute, 🥃 bourbon fest, 💪 fitness trials, 🥕 markets