A snapshot of Florida

Florida Business News

• Florida hasn’t used $30 million in cybersecurity protection funding. Why not?

  Florida lawmakers assigned $30 million this year for a host of cybersecurity measures in a one-time attempt to shore up the state’s defenses. Months later, not a penny has been spent.

• Are the James Beard Awards snubbing Florida?

  Since 2010, only two Florida restaurants have been honored by the James Beard Awards — one was for its wine program.

• Researchers to study using microbes to combat citrus canker

  Researchers will explore how to take what is already known about the way microbes help trees fight off citrus canker and develop an economically feasible foliage spray to reduce the pathogen that causes the lesions on fruit and leaves.

• Space Florida seeks Space Force training site

  Florida’s aerospace agency has been working to bring a Space Force training site to the state after the command headquarters for the fledgling military branch landed in Alabama.

• Sam is now a hurricane, forecast to rapidly intensify. A depression could also form

  Tropical Storm Sam turned into a Category 1 hurricane early Friday and is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane in the next 24 hours as it moves across the Atlantic.

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