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After Hurricane Andrew decimated parts of south Florida in 1992, state officials mandated sweeping building code revisions for new construction. Those changes continue to limit damage from storms now.

PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tyler Technologies, Inc (NYSE: TYL) today announced that the city of Homestead, Florida, has launched Tyler’s Enterprise Permitting & Licensing cloud platform, powered ...