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What you need to know about Florida today
› After multiple delays, SpaceX launches next batch of Starlink satellites
After multiple delays, SpaceX on Thursday morning launched its next batch of Starlink satellites, setting up a constellation of satellites to provide affordable internet to the entire planet. Riding atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center’s launch complex 39A, about 60 of the 570-pound satellites lifted off on time at 8:46 a.m. Then, about 8 minutes after takeoff, the rocket’s first-stage booster, which has flown once before, landed on SpaceX’s “Of Course I Still Love You” recovery drone ship to be used for future launches.
› Saks Fifth Avenue countersues Bal Harbour Shops after eviction proceedings
Saks Fifth Avenue has filed a lawsuit against Bal Harbour Shops and its CEO, Matthew Whitman Lazenby, claiming the mall broke confidentiality agreements and defamed the upscale chain after filing eviction proceedings in August for $1.9 million in unpaid rent.
› Expert: No extended downturn for downtown Tampa
Will the COVID-19 crisis bring to a halt the transformation of Tampa’s downtown core into a highly desirable live-work-play neighborhood? Not necessarily, says David Dixon, vice president of Stantec, an urban planning and development group involved in Jeff Vinik’s ambitious, $3 billion Water Street Tampa project, which will result in an entirely new mixed-use neighborhood in the Channelside area just east of downtown Tampa.
› South Florida nursing home operators say new COVID testing rules are ‘impossible’ to meet
COVID testing requirements for nursing home staff put into effect this week are “impossible” to meet, operators of South Florida facilities say. The federal rules require routine staff testing twice a week in communities with high infection rates — such as Miami-Dade and Broward counties — and once a week in Palm Beach County.
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