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› Judge denies Publix’s bid to toss lawsuit over worker’s COVID-19 death
Publix must respond to a lawsuit claiming a Miami Beach store employee died from COVID-19 last April because he was restricted from wearing a mask, a judge says. The ruling Friday by Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Carlos Lopez follows pleadings by the supermarket giant that the dispute must be handled as a workers’ compensation claim rather than a lawsuit.
› College turns former cigar factory into education center
St. Leo University President Jeffrey Senese can smell the aroma of a long-held desire to grow the presence of the college in and around downtown Tampa finally coming to fruition. The source of Senese’s scent of success? St. Leo, the oldest Catholic university in Florida, with a central campus in Pasco County, recently relocated its Tampa Education Center to west Tampa, in the former Berriman-Morgan Cigar Factory.
› Federal Grant Aides Florida’s Space Coast Infrastructure
Governor Ron DeSantis finalized a $90 million grant program aimed at improving infrastructure on Florida’s Space Coast. The Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) federal grant program will help fund a new bridge over the Indian River, connecting Titusville and North Merritt Island to the Kennedy Space Center. The improvements to the aging bridge, which was built in 1964, will accommodate large vehicles that are necessary for future space launches and commercial developments on the Space Coast.
› JaxPort employees donate nearly $19K to local charities
Two local charities are getting a nice boost thanks to more than $18,600 in donations from JaxPort employees, the port authority announced Monday. Employees pooled what they could spare to raise the money in support United Way of Northeast Florida and Creating Healthier Communities, which provide social and health services to Jacksonville-area families.
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