Florida Business News
- Tax cut disagreement threatens to extend Florida’s legislative session
As Florida’s legislative session nears its end, the state finds itself in a chaotic situation, with lawmakers unable to agree on a tax cut package. With only seven days remaining on the regular session clock, a major impasse persists.
- Opinion: Reef restoration has cost $250 million, but reefs are worth 1,000 times that
Reefs provide $100 million in extractive resources, like commercial shellfish and finfish each year. Furthermore, the healthy reefs in the Florida Keys alone yield $6.3 billion in revenue every year.
- Florida business leaders tell House: Don’t take us backward on lawsuits
Some of Florida’s most influential business leaders are delivering a clear message to the House: Do not drag Florida back to the bad-old-days when lawsuits became a lucrative industry for attorneys.
- Israeli companies add $7.3 billion to Florida’s economy
Israeli-founded companies are having a substantial impact on Florida’s economy by generating $7.3 billion in earnings – a massive 46 percent of the gross state product – according to the findings of the Florida – Israel Economic Impact Report.
- Florida is now home to world’s largest 3D printing factory
An artificial intelligence and robotics-powered manufacturing facility with a local focus is ready to disrupt the furniture industry from St. Petersburg.