Henry G. "Chip" Bachara

Florida Business News

• CDC data shows significant drop in new COVID cases in Florida

  New data released by the CDC shows there has been a large decline in new infections and the state’s seven-day average of new cases has dropped nearly 25% in less than a week.

• $4-a-gallon gas? Prices expected to rise sharply this spring

  Just as concerns about the omicron variant helped reverse rising gas prices — a bit — in December, now the growing sense that infection rates have peaked is pushing prices back up.

• Lawmakers back limiting ballot initiatives

  In the latest chapter in years of battles about amending the Florida Constitution, a House panel Tuesday backed a proposal that would limit the subjects that could be included in ballot initiatives.

• Big business-linked group funded ‘ghost’ candidate ads, records show

  The advertising campaign promoting spoiler “ghost” candidates in key state Senate races in 2020 was paid for by money from a nonprofit associated with some of Florida’s biggest businesses.

• Biden administration plans to spend more than $1 billion on Everglades restoration

  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to spend $1.1 billion on restoring and preserving South Florida’s Everglades during the current fiscal year.

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