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Thursday's Afternoon Update
What you need to know about Florida today
Florida lawmakers start search for workers' comp solutions
With businesses bracing for rate increases, Florida House members this week began grappling with the tricky political and legal challenge of revamping the workers' compensation insurance system. More from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
See also:
» House freshman’s workers’ comp bill would render system voluntary
» Workers comp rate hike hits school districts, too
Chemical and biological defense plant opens in Florida
A factory that manufactures vaccines and drugs to protect soldiers from chemical and biological attacks has opened in north Florida. The facility is part of an effort started in 2010 to speed up and better control vaccine and drug manufacturing. More from the AP and the Gainesville Sun.
Puerto Rican community branches out in Central Florida
The latest wave of Puerto Ricans moving to Central Florida has started bypassing long-favored Osceola County communities and settling in fast-growing Lake County. The largely rural county known for attracting Northeastern retirees diversified more than any other in Central Florida. More from the Orlando Sentinel.
Florida wages still lag national average — but they are getting closer
It's an all too familiar story. Trailing wages have historically been an Achilles Heel for the state, where talent often chooses to go elsewhere for a bigger paycheck and the perception of greater career opportunity. More from the Tampa Bay Times.
Gambling giant Genting finally gets to run a South Florida casino
Genting, which bought The Miami Herald building in 2011 with hopes of opening a waterfront resort-hotel casino, has entered into a consulting agreement for the casino portion of Gulfstream Park. More from the Miami Herald.
Profile
BlueGrace Logistics
Bobby Harris describes his BlueGrace Logistics website business as akin to an Orbitz or Travelocity that enables retailers, manufacturers and others to take advantage of empty space on trucks that are already scheduled to go to destinations where they need to ship goods.
Out of the Box
BuddyBot
Buddy has worked at Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville for only 10 months, but he’s already popular on every floor. He makes friends easily, remembers people’s names, shakes hands, fist bumps, whistles and can do tai chi and play Simon Says. That’s a pretty diverse, child-friendly repertoire for a robot.
» More from the Florida Times-Union
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