May 6, 2024
Florida Business News

1st Starliner mission with humans set for historic Space Coast launch tonight

The stage is set for some space history to be made tonight as two veteran NASA astronauts aim to launch in a spacecraft that has never flown with humans before.

Florida sees surge in college-educated Americans

Florida has become increasingly popular with college graduates, with metros in the state seeing some of the highest net gains of college-educated Americans.

No more mockingbird? Florida official wants new state bird

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Chairperson Rodney Barreto wants the agency to renew efforts to designate a state bird that is unique to Florida.

Feds say they can handle permits amid fight

Federal environmental officials have pushed back against arguments by Florida that a legal fight over wetlands-related permitting has put more than 1,000 permit applications into "regulatory limbo."

How to search and claim nearly $2 billion of your money and property held by Florida

About four million Floridians, or 1 in 5 of Florida’s 20 million people, have property waiting to be claimed. The average return per Floridian is $875.

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