Florida Business News

• Medical marijuana and CBD sales rise sharply during COVID-19 pandemic

  Florida is seeing a surge in sales of medical marijuana and CBD hemp products as more people turn to them to treat their anxiety, insomnia and pain during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• The economic impact of a rebounded and revitalized space program on Florida's Space Coast

  From 1981 to 2011, the Space Shuttle Program brought in a mix of engineers, technicians, logisticians, specialists, and more to the Space Coast region and supported the creation of numerous other jobs indirectly related to the space program.

• Florida voters already casting ballots in presidential race

  The Department of State reported Saturday that more than 6,600 vote-by-mail ballots have already been returned and more than 5 million others have been requested. That could put Florida on a pace to double the number of people who voted by mail in the 2016 presidential election.

• Stage, screen and everywhere between: Fall delivers rich and unique arts season

  As the strangest, most unpredictable new season in memory is about to begin, signs of the pandemic’s ongoing cultural tsunami are everywhere.

• Florida is leaving the state’s exonerated inmates penniless

  A state law allows compensation for people who were wrongfully imprisoned. But caveats for prior convictions and a 90-day deadline bar some from seeing any money.

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