March 28, 2024

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| 9/14/2015

Florida's building ports, airports. But will it be enough?

Florida's four large-hub airports and five major seaports are undergoing billions of dollars in renovations and construction, but some experts says Florida will have to adapt to even further increases in demand to remain competitive. Tourism is the state's biggest industry. [Source: AP]

Deborah L. Thomson

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Deborah L. Thomson is a partner at the Women's Law Group in Tampa.

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Florida Law: Fighting words

Does the First Amendment protect anonymous online speech if it's not true? Tampa attorney Deborah L. Thomson aims to find out. She herself has been the target of what she claims is an untrue anonymous posting. [Source: Florida Trend]

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Cash crunch hurts Florida’s law enforcement

Florida's law enforcement agencies are struggling under the weight of more demands on their time and not enough money to keep pace. The burden, which has gotten worse the past few years, is having a widespread impact on solving crimes as well as protecting law enforcement officers and the public. [Source: Times/Herald]

Embattled citrus growers have hope for 3 bacteria killers

For the first time in years, Florida citrus growers are juiced at the prospect of getting a new defense against citrus greening, the bacterial disease slowly killing their trees, perhaps as early as spring. [Source: AP]

Commercial drone operators fear amateurs could provoke harsher regulations

Those multi-propeller drones buzzing through the airways these days are irritating airline pilots, who know how dangerous they can be to aircraft. Now commercial drone operators are irritated, too. [Source: Florida Times-Union]

ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:

› Trial will be held on new Florida congressional districts
A judge is set to hold a trial later this month to sort out the jumbled mess in Florida's political landscape over the mapping of state congressional districts.

› Uber fight growing fast and furious in Florida
Taxi companies from Broward County and Tallahassee twice sued the state over its handling of Uber and Lyft last week, while Gov. Rick Scott went on record Wednesday as agreeing with several South Florida legislators that uniform statewide rules are needed.

› Bezos visit to give Cape a Blue streak
On Tuesday,Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos will visit Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to make his highest-profile announcement yet about how he hopes to redefine human spaceflight, radically reducing its cost so many more people can experience the cosmos.

› Orlando attractions becoming hot spots for elaborate proposals
There's nothing wrong with proposing at a fancy restaurant over a bottle of nice champagne, but that special moment is a little bigger when Ed Sheeran stops a sold-out concert at the Amway Center to get involved.

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