March 19, 2024

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What you need to know about Florida today

| 6/29/2016

The impact of a $15/hour minimum wage in Florida

Currently, businesses in Florida employ approximately 183,000 minimum wage workers, roughly 2 percent of those employed throughout the state. While minimum wage workers are employed in a variety of fields, evidence points to the fact that a majority work in industries with small profit margins, such as restaurants and retail. More from Florida TaxWatch.

South Florida projects help win state economic development award

South Florida economic development projects, Hoerbiger Corp. of America in Broward County and Sancilio & Co. in Palm Beach County, have contributed to the state receiving a 2016 Silver Shovel Award from publication Area Development. [Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel]

Florida might not be the best place to retire

While it seems everyone's plan is to retire and move to Florida, a new survey from Bankrate.com might have you reconsidering your own goals. The survey actually named Arlington, Virginia, as the best city for retirement. More from WPTV and Today.

Court rules against Cuban migrants who reached Florida Keys lighthouse

A group of 21 Cuban migrants who reached a lighthouse off the Florida Keys last month should be returned to the island nation because the structure does not count as U.S. soil, a Miami federal judge ruled Tuesday. More from the AP and NBC Miami.

Florida a hotspot for bank robberies

Florida had almost twice as many bank robberies in 2015 than seven other states in the South Atlantic region and the Washington, D.C., according to a report from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [Source: South Florida Business Journal]

ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:

› West Palm Beach digital media companies announce merger
West Palm Beach-based digital media companies Forte Interactive and Big Couch Media Group have announced an agreement to merge. The merger will create a full-service research and marketing agency dubbed Achieve.

› After canal expansion, optimism for more business at Port Manatee
A Port Manatee trade executive has returned from ceremonies marking the expansion of the Panama Canal saying he is optimistic that the expansion will reap big benefits for the port.

› Orlando, soccer team close stadium land deal
Orlando City Soccer Club's purchase of city owned land in Parramore for its new soccer stadium closed on Friday, with the team paying about $22 million. That figure includes about $19 million for the land.

› How Miami-Dade cut costs and increased security with tech
It is estimated that outdated technology costs U.S. companies nearly $2 trillion a year. Miami-Dade County government, for one, is working to get off that train.

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