April 18, 2024
Florida Business News

Will seaweed on Florida beaches be bad in 2024? Here's the latest outlook

Remember the blob? Just over a year ago, Florida beaches were inundated by a smelly, irritating seaweed known as sargassum. Will the same thing happen in 2024?

Panhandle students get pipeline to construction jobs at Career Days

The fourth-annual Construction Career Days event brought together more than 1,000 high school students from four counties to introduce them to the various career paths available across the construction industry.

Masonite shareholders sue to block $3.9B deal on claims of self-dealing, faulty info

Three Masonite International Corp. shareholders filed lawsuits to block the Tampa-based manufacturer’s $3.9 billion sale to Owens Corning.

A hotel, hundreds of homes and retail in the Ag Reserve? A proposal is in the pipeline

Another mixed-use development may be coming to part of Palm Beach County’s Agricultural Reserve, one of the few swaths of relatively open land left in all of South Florida.

Orange County ramps up $100 million in transportation work after tax effort suspended

Orange County has started work on several transportation projects in a $100 million initiative. The progress comes on the heels of the county commission tabling the effort to get a transportation sales tax on the 2024 ballot.

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Giant domino line of cereal boxes falls to celebrate Cereal for Summer Drive
Giant domino line of cereal boxes falls to celebrate Cereal for Summer Drive

About one thousand cereal boxes were lined up by Achieva Credit Union employees in honor of the donations.

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