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What you need to know about Florida today
Florida dethroned as best place to retire
Iowa has been ranked as the best state to retire due to its reasonable cost of living, affordable but high-quality healthcare, and low crime levels. The Hawkeye state overtook historic retirement paradise Florida which came out top last year, according to Bankrate's annual retirement study. Alaska has been labeled as the worst state for Americans to spend their later years. More from Fast Company, CBS News, the Daily Mail, and WESH.
Sea turtle nesting season is breaking records this year, What to do if you find a nest
Florida’s 2023 turtle nesting season, which runs from March through October, is only halfway through and has already reached record-breaking numbers for sea turtle nests in Palm Beach County and at Disney’s Vero Beach Resort. On Thursday, July 27, Disney World announced that it recorded more than 2,000 sea turtle nests at its Vero Beach Resort, which is well above the average 1,500 nests Disney’s Conservation Team normally sees in one full nesting season. More from the Palm Beach Post.
Orlando Health, UnitedHealthcare reach coverage deal before deadline
Orlando Health and UnitedHealthcare have reached a deal on coverage of in-network care. The nonprofit health system announced it had reached a deal preventing more than 70,000 members in the area on employer-sponsored, individual, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid plans of UnitedHealthcare from falling out of network. Negotiations came up until very close to the end of July when there would have been no coverage for most non-emergency care, with the deal being announced the morning of Aug. 1. More from the Orlando Business Journal.
Naples real estate firm tops $2.5 billion in sales
With five full months to go before 2023 ends, one Naples real estate firm has already topped $2 billion in sales for the year. And that’s before July even began. John R. Wood Christie’s International Real Estate says that through the end of June it has closed 3,207 deals with a sales volume of $2.557 billion. The firm says the Southwest Florida Multiple Listing Service shows its nearest competitor dollar wise is $687 million behind it and that its nearest competitor in the number of closed deals is 570 transactions behind. More from the Business Observer.
L3Harris completes $4.7B deal for rocket-engine maker Aerojet, which will be based in Palm Bay
L3Harris Technologies Inc. has completed its $4.7 billion acquisition of rocket-engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne, and says it will move the operation's headquarters to Palm Bay. The deal â?• first announced last December â?• closed on Friday, after it received clearance from the Federal Trade Commission, which was looking into whether the acquisition posed any antitrust concerns. More from Florida Today.
Profile
This ‘science nerd’ turned astronomer was named Frost Science Museum’s new CEO
Before he was studying black holes and spearheading research, Douglas A. Roberts was a young, self-proclaimed “science nerd” visiting science museums. Now, he plans to help Miamians discover science while having fun. The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Board of Trustees selected Roberts, an astronomer and astrophysicist with two decades of science education and academic research under his belt, as the museum’s new CEO and president.
» More from the Miami Herald.
Travel Trends
‘Affordable’ residential cruise ship to set sail from Florida for ’round the world’ cruise
If you’ve ever wanted to travel the world, now might be your chance. Victoria Cruises Line is offering an “affordable” residential cruise that will visit 213 ports around the world. The cruise sets sail from Port Everglades, Florida in December. If you are curious about the cruise’s cost, it might be cheaper than your current rent, depending on where you live.
» Read more from WFLA.
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