Seminole Tribe settles legal challenges to online sports gambling exclusivity in Florida
The Seminole Tribe of Florida and a group of businesses that operate racetracks and poker rooms have settled a yearslong legal dispute over whether the Seminole Tribe should have exclusive rights to online sports betting in Florida. The companies that had been suing the Seminole Tribe took a blow in June, when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up a challenge to an agreement that gave the Seminole Tribe exclusive rights to handle online sports betting in Florida. More from the AP and the News Service of Florida.
St. Cloud offers new job incentives, land for development
The city of St. Cloud plans to ramp up multiple parts of its economic development strategy, including making property available for development in its downtown for purchase or lease. City leaders have new incentive programs to draw jobs and business creation throughout St. Cloud. In addition, the city has made available roughly two acres to the west of its city hall for redevelopment. More from the Orlando Business Journal.
'It's going take a while': Army Corps says it could take 25-30 days to lower flooded Lake Bonny
A series of constraints and challenges means it could take 25 to 30 days to lower the water level of Lake Bonny and alleviate localized flooding. Jud Kneuvean, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operation chief for Sarasota's emergency field office, stood on the shores of Lake Bonny in Lakeland surveilling the industrial pumps with staff from the Southwest Florida Water Management District on Monday morning. More from the Lakeland Ledger.
Five South Florida hospitals are under new management. What that may mean for healthcare
Five South Florida hospitals formerly run by a troubled health company are under a new owner and management. Nevada-registered Healthcare Systems of America was tapped to temporarily run the hospitals, which were taken over by their landlord as part of a bankruptcy settlement. That arrangement is now permanent. More from the Miami Herald.
More reviews for $1.4 billion Jacksonville Jaguars' Stadium of the Future
Reviews to start construction in 2025 for the Stadium of Future began at least in May, and the city and the Jacksonville Jaguars took another step Oct. 28. A joint venture of Hunt Construction and Barton Malow seek a permit at a job cost of almost $1.53 million for test piles around the foundation of the stadium, which the city owns. It’s part of the many complex steps involved in the $1.4 billion project to renovate the 29-year-old Downtown NFL stadium. More from the Jacksonville Daily Record.
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Miami nonprofit working to get plastic out of the oceans
Single-use plastics pose a major problem for the environment, especially our oceans. Did you know plastic detrimentally impacts about 700 marine species? By 2050, there could be more plastic, by weight, in the ocean than fish, according to some estimates. Stopping the fast-growing production of plastics is a big part of the solution, says Caiti Waks, who founded the Miami sustainability nonprofit Debris Free Oceans.
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Moffitt Cancer Center research expert, Dr. Avan Armaghani, says detecting breast cancer earlier reduces the severity of treatment, whether it's chemotherapy or required surgical intervention. Florida Trend spoke with Dr. Armaghani about the state of breast cancer in America today.
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