Florida leads the nation in strict building codes, and the decades of hard work have paid off in the increasing number of homes and buildings that survive each time a hurricane slashes the state. But all those hard-won gains have been undermined by the explosion of growth along the coast.

Business Beat - Week of September 29th

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The doors are ready to close on Enterprise Florida, the business-recruitment agency long targeted by state House leaders.

Three activist groups served notice to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that they intend to sue to force the agency to invoke Endangered Species Act protection for the ghost orchid.

An estimated 5,155 first-time jobless claims were filed in Florida last week, a decrease from the previous week and below the average for the year.