Florida Business News

• Many spending issues unresolved after weekend talks among Florida lawmakers

  Florida lawmakers trying to piece together a roughly $100 billion state budget for the coming year spent the weekend trading offers on everything from teacher pay raises to more money to help mothers with newborn children.

• Florida Icon: Richard Bowers

  Bowers tells us: "It was difficult times when I grew up. The schools were segregated. The old way of teaching was very dynamic. You learned. There were no options. You see, corporal punishment was a thing that they did then. If you didn’t learn something, you held your hands out, and they’d smack you three times."

• Are Florida's theme parks open? What you can expect at Disney, Universal and more this summer

  The last year might have been a rollercoaster of emotions for many, but what about the actual rollercoasters?

• Gov. DeSantis signs ‘anti-riot’ bill into Florida law

  Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB1, more commonly referred to as his “anti-riot” bill, into Florida law Monday morning. The law puts new penalties in place for people planning to participate in future protests in Florida.

• Renaissance Theatre Company hopes to lift Orlando’s arts scene

  Orlando director-playwright Donald Rupe has started Renaissance Theatre Company. He thinks experimenting with untested titles is critical to helping Orlando’s theater scene mature.

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