Florida Business News
- Florida jobless claims rise for second straight week
An estimated 6,146 initial claims were filed for the week ending April 11, up from 5,584 the prior week and 5,110 the week before that, marking the highest weekly total since mid-January.
- Gas prices have dipped below $4 a gallon in Florida. Check your area
Gas prices in Florida are averaging less than $4 a gallon again. Last week, prices dropped by double digits. And they’re down another couple of cents this week. But that trend could change again.
- Legislators ‘not quite there’ on budget talks
Lawmakers ended their regular session on March 13 without agreeing to a spending plan for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. While talks are ongoing, no breakthrough to the logjam has been reached.
- Pythons are moving north in Florida
New research shows Burmese pythons are more adaptable to cold than previously thought, using burrows to survive freezes.
- Florida's billionaires are spending millions to build their own elite private schools
Florida's private schools have been receiving an unmanageable inundation of applicants over the last few years, in part due to the rapid spike in population, but also because of a major expansion of the state's voucher program.