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Florida Business News

• More-contagious COVID-19 variant is spreading in Florida. What does it mean?

  Health experts say the variant is likely already more common here than the CDC has yet detected, due to the amount of community transmission already occurring throughout Florida, and the nationwide lack of robust surveillance of various strands of the virus.

• Here’s when Brightline trains are expected to restart service

  After a hiatus that started nine months ago, Brightline’s high-speed rail service is likely to come to life again in South Florida toward the end of this year, the company now says.

• Major investment firm acquires stake in Tampa Bay area company

  A global investment firm with $584 billion in assets under management has put a major vote of confidence in one Bradenton-based firm.

• Florida Democrats file medical marijuana employee protection bill

  While medical marijuana is legal in Florida, it can still cause a public employee to lose their job. South Florida Democrats Senator Tina Polsky and Representative Nicholas Duran, are trying to change that.

• As tech world descends on Miami, latest Knight investment supports local entrepreneurship

  As tech companies and entrepreneurs from across the nation sweep into South Florida, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is staking efforts to ensure locals get their share of bounty.

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