DeSantis leading international trade mission to four countries | Florida

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DeSantis leading international trade mission to four countries | Florida

(The Center Square) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is leading an international trade mission to four countries to expand economic partnerships between Florida and governmental and business leaders in Japan,…

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Poet, author, and essayist, G. Winston James was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He immigrated with his family to the United States in 1971 at the age of three, grew up in Paterson, New Jersey, and graduated from Paterson Catholic Regional High School. James, who has lived in New York and Florida for

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