March 28, 2024

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What you need to know about Florida today

| 3/13/2015

Fewer people lost 2015 health plans due to Obamacare

If you like your health insurance plan, you actually might have been able to keep it this year. Fewer than 1 million Americans had their health insurance plans canceled for 2015 for noncompliance with Obamacare rules, according to a report by the Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. More at CNBC.


Visitors pour cash into Brevard as spring break arrives

Clearly, spring break has arrived at the Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront, as it has at many Brevard County beachside communities. Traffic is heavier, restaurants are busier, and there are brisk sales of sunscreen, towels, T-shirts and souvenirs. More at Florida Today.


Tupelo honey on track to become Florida's official variety

Business Communications
Move Over, Email—the Business Phone Call Is Back

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The office phone call has been losing ground since email burst into the workplace, and many people now use their smartphone for almost everything except talking.

But voice communications are making a comeback as companies vying for a piece of the $1.6 trillion office-telephony market reinvent the phone call.

» More from the Wall Street Journal

Florida has an official state beverage (orange juice, obviously), an official state pie (Key lime, naturally), and roughly three dozen other official things, many of which can be found etched in the Capitol Rotunda. And if Sen. Bill Montford, D-Tallahassee, has his way, the state will soon have its own official honey: tupelo. More at the Tallahassee Democrat.


Opinion: Doctor shortage does not bode well for our aging population

A new study looking at Florida’s supply of doctors over the next 10 years shows our retiree-rich and growing state will need 7,000 new specialists and double that to cover the gap and establish a buffer for doctors who are leaving the profession. More at the Daily Commercial.


Computerized testing problems not unique to Florida

Florida is far from alone in its woes. Setting up massive computer systems to handle thousands upon thousands of students testing at, essentially, the same time isn't easy. And many states have struggled. More at the Tampa Bay Times.

Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition
An Oysterman Hero in Apalachicola

oysterman Oysterman Kendall Shoelles works Apalachicola Bay five days week, continuing the occupation and heritage his grandfather began in the late 1800s. Whether oystering will be viable for the next generation depends on many factors out of his control, including illegal harvesting by other oystermen whether Atlanta can allow enough river water to keep flowing downstream to Apalachicola. Read more at National Geographic and follow the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition.

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