March 29, 2024

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| 3/21/2017

Florida may share voting information with other states

Florida could start comparing its voter rolls to other states to make sure people aren't registered in other states under a bill now moving in the state Legislature. More from the AP.

Florida budget cuts could impact Holocaust survivors

A budget proposal from the Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee would cut $20 million from various programs around the state. About $92,000 would be cut from the JFS Holocaust Survivors Program. More from WPTV.

Sarasota continues to struggle with downtown events rules

The City Commission was set Monday night to pick a favorite among several options to give condominium owners more say on downtown events, but it scrapped the idea after almost an hour of conflicting testimony from business owners and residents. More from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

South Florida’s major international airports could be impacted by electronics ban

The temporary electronics ban will affect passengers flying internationally to the U.S. from fewer than a dozen airports on flights headed directly to the states. More from CBS Miami.

Costco expands grocery delivery service

Costco Wholesale Corp. is launching a delivery service for customers in the Tampa metro area through a partnership with membership-based online grocery delivery service Shipt. More from Marketwatch.

Around the State
Energized

florida For more than a decade, Walton County's Mossy Head Industrial Park sat vacant, lacking infrastructure and unable to compete with other shovel-ready northwest Florida sites. In 2013 Walton County commissioners invested $500,000 to improve the park's infrastructure, coupled with an aggressive streamlining of the county's permitting process.

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Legal Trends
Court says Florida creamery can call its product milk

florida originalsMost shoppers in the dairy aisle probably never give it a lot of thought. But a battle over the labeling of skim milk led Monday to a federal appeals court siding with a small Calhoun County creamery in a First Amendment fight with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

» Read more from the Fort Myers News-Press and the AP.

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