March 28, 2024

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| 2/17/2021

› With greyhound racing out in Florida, what's next for Sanford-Orlando Kennel Club?
After more than 80 years of greyhound racing, Florida voters elected to bring the industry to a halt at the end of 2020. Changes to the landscape are already underway at the Orlando-Sanford Kennel Club in Longwood.

› Judge upholds Miami-Dade County curfew after second strip club lawsuit
A U.S. district court declined to strike down Miami-Dade County’s COVID-19 curfew after a local strip club sought to stay open past the county’s midnight deadline. The suit, filed on behalf of the King of Diamonds (KOD) club, is the second lawsuit filed by a strip club in recent months challenging the county’s curfew.

› Gasparilla, children’s parade canceled over coronavirus concerns
The coronavirus has plundered the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates and the Children’s Gasparilla parade planned for April 10 and 17. Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, which has organized the event in Tampa since 1904, announced on Tuesday that after postponing the events from their original January dates, it was “in our community’s best interest to refrain from hosting festivities this year.”

› Florida Senate takes aim at eliminating no-fault auto insurance
Florida senators are moving forward with a proposal to do away with the state’s longstanding no-fault auto insurance system, with trial attorneys and insurers closely watching the debate. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill (SB 54) that would eliminate no-fault, and its requirement that motorists carry personal-injury protection coverage, and instead mandate bodily injury coverage.

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