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› Orange County hotel tax revenue comes in flat for March
Tourist tax revenue was flat in March, generating nearly $31 million, the Orange County Comptroller announced Friday. In January, the tax revenue fell by 2.5 percent compared with January 2018, the first decline in more than two years. Comptroller Phil Diamond said the 0.3 percent increase in March compared with March 2018 — about $100,000 — was good news after the decline at the start of the new year.
› Study from 2015 shows a vision for Jacksonville Landing’s future
The Jacksonville Landing saga has had so many twists and turns that a $100,000 design study the city did in 2015 has gone from being yesteryear’s news to suddenly being back in the spotlight. After Mayor Lenny Curry’s office pointed to the 2015 study in response to calls for public workshops about the Landing’s fate, former Downtown Investment Authority board member Doris Goldstein provided the Times-Union a set of previously unreleased renderings from the study.
› We’re just weeks away from hurricane season. Here’s what FPL is doing to curb outages.
Hurricane season begins June 1, and Florida Power & Light Co. says it’s ready — with more buried power lines, stronger utility poles and new technology that helps the electrical grid’s resiliency. “I feel very comfortable and confident that we are prepared for this storm season,” said FPL CEO Eric Silagy on Thursday at the electric utility’s annual hurricane drill in Riviera Beach.
› SpaceX launches 17th mission to send supplies to the ISS after power issues caused delays
After multiple delays threatened to push SpaceX’s 17th resupply mission to the International Space Station later this month, Elon Musk’s rocket company was able to pull off a launch in the wee hours of Saturday morning.
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