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| 10/29/2018

Florida cities face 'all or nothing' choices on medical marijuana

Florida cities and counties are in a dilemma about pot. Local governments can either impose outright bans on medical-marijuana dispensaries or allow unlimited numbers of marijuana retail outlets, under an “all or nothing” approach approved during a special legislative session. More from WUSF and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Hurricane Michael killed at least 35 in Florida, 45 total

Florida authorities have linked six more deaths to Hurricane Michael, raising the state’s death toll to 35. The storm’s overall death toll now stands at 45, with 10 deaths in other states. Florida Emergency Management Division spokesman Alberto Moscoso said in an email Saturday that two more deaths were confirmed in hard-hit coastal Bay County, raising the total there to 21. [Source: AP]

Voter-turnout efforts go into overdrive entering homestretch

With tight races at the top of the ticket and Florida being, well, Florida, Democrats, Republicans and allied organizations are putting voter-turnout efforts into overdrive entering the last full week before Election Day. Both sides are chest-thumping about how well-positioned they are to motivate their bases. [Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune]

Mosaic picks Bank of America Plaza in downtown Tampa for HQ

Bank of America Plaza in downtown Tampa will be the new corporate headquarters of the Mosaic Company, the first Fortune 500 firm to relocate to the Tampa Bay area. The phosphate mining giant announced in May that it was moving its corporate offices from Minneapolis to Hillsborough County but the exact site had not been known until today. [Source: Tampa Bay Times]

Florida’s next governor should leave corporate tax rate alone, influencers say

Andrew Gillum wants to raise the corporate tax rate. Ron DeSantis wants to lower it. But a panel of the Florida’s most prominent voices thinks it should remain the same. A new survey of 50 of the state’s leading political and policy figures, found that more than half of respondents (54 percent) believe the next governor should not alter the state’s current corporate tax rate of 5.5 percent. [Source: Miami Herald]

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› Coming clean: Crowley Maritime launches an LNG-powered ship

In July, Crowley Maritime’s El Coqui made its maiden voyage from Jacksonville to San Juan, Puerto Rico -- the first time an American-flagged ship designed to transport vehicles operated on liquefied natural gas (LNG).

› Springs summit set for this week in Ocala
Four years ago, a group of scientists and advocates gathered to discuss the plight of the Floridan aquifer and the state’s network of springs. The result was the establishment of The Florida Springs Council (FSC), whose purpose is to monitor the health of the springs, identify threats to the springs and develop a map for restoration and protection.

› In picking new leader, JEA will have to reckon with turbulent year
Aaron Zahn — the 38-year-old interim CEO of Jacksonville’s electric, water and sewer utility — is a remarkably audacious man for someone who started the job roughly seven months ago with limited experience in the industry and no guarantee he’d be there in the long run.

› What's in a name? This South Florida bank is making a change
Mercantil Bank has announced it is changing its name to Amerant. Headquartered in Coral Gables, it has 15 branches in South Florida, seven in Texas, and a commercial real estate loan production office in New York City.

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