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DeSantis wants pot companies to pay more to do business in Florida

As Florida medical-marijuana companies continue to rake in cash, Gov. Ron DeSantis this week said cannabis operators need to pay more for the opportunity to do business in the state.... Read more »
Published on 8/28/2022

Artemis Launch Eyed as Boost to State Space Efforts

With the next step in America’s return to the moon set for Monday, Florida’s aerospace agency views the launch of the unmanned Artemis 1 mission as reinforcing the importance of... Read more »
Published on 8/26/2022

Florida weekly jobless claims remain low

With Florida’s unemployment rate in July matching a pre-pandemic level of 2.7 percent, the number of first-time jobless claims in Florida last week remained low. The U.S. Department of Labor... Read more »
Published on 8/25/2022

Property insurer to exit Florida market

United Property & Casualty Insurance Co. will exit Florida’s troubled homeowners’ insurance market, forcing customers to find new coverage as their policies come up for renewal, the insurer’s parent company... Read more »
Published on 8/25/2022

State Argues for Seminole Gambling Deal

Pointing to “enormous economic benefits,” Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office Wednesday urged a federal appeals court to overturn a ruling that blocked a gambling deal between the state and... Read more »
Published on 8/24/2022

Marijuana company sells Florida operations

The medical-marijuana company MedMen Enterprises Inc. has closed a $67 million deal to sell its Florida operations to Green Sentry Holdings LLC, MedMen announced this week. The sale includes the... Read more »
Published on 8/24/2022

Conservation Deals Get State Approval

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet on Tuesday approved a series of land deals, including a $37.8 million plan to conserve nearly 12,000 acres in DeSoto and Hardee counties.... Read more »
Published on 8/23/2022

State Moves to Block ‘Ideological' Investing

Florida leaders moved forward Tuesday with preventing state pension-fund investment decisions that promote “social, political or ideological interests.” Gov. Ron DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody and state Chief Financial Officer... Read more »
Published on 8/23/2022

Polls Open with 2.23 Million Ballots Already Cast

Polling places opened across Florida at 7 a.m. in Tuesday’s primary elections, after more than 2.23 million ballots had been cast by mail and in early voting. As of Tuesday... Read more »
Published on 8/23/2022

Supreme Court deadline set in tech law fight

Florida faces a Sept. 21 deadline for filing a petition to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case about a 2021 state law that would crack down... Read more »
Published on 8/22/2022

Clinics urge the Florida Supreme Court to put the state's new abortion restrictions on hold

Attorneys for abortion clinics and a doctor asked the Florida Supreme Court on Friday to put on hold a new law preventing abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The attorneys... Read more »
Published on 8/22/2022

Florida's transgender treatment rule is in effect, but legal challenges are planned

A legal fight is looming over a state rule that took effect Sunday ending Medicaid reimbursements for transgender care such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy and gender-reassignment surgery. Attorneys representing... Read more »
Published on 8/22/2022

Agency to borrow $150 million for insurance claims

In more fallout from Florida’s troubled property-insurance market, an agency that handles claims after insurers go insolvent approved a plan Friday to borrow $150 million — with policyholders across the... Read more »
Published on 8/22/2022

Feds Argue Gambling Deal Should Get Go-Ahead

The Biden administration is urging an appeals court to reinstate a deal that gave the Seminole Tribe control of sports betting throughout Florida, nearly nine months after a Washington, D.C.-based... Read more »
Published on 8/19/2022

Federal judge blocks workplace training portion of DeSantis' ‘Stop WOKE Act'

Calling part of the law a “naked viewpoint-based regulation on speech,” a federal judge Thursday blocked restrictions that Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers placed on addressing race-related issues in... Read more »
Published on 8/19/2022

Florida Unemployment Claims Dip Again

Florida posted its fourth consecutive week of decreases in first-time unemployment claims, according to a U.S. Department of Labor report released Thursday. The department estimated that 5,671 first-time claims were... Read more »
Published on 8/18/2022

State Matching Funds Near $7.29 Million

The six candidates receiving campaign-matching funds from the state drew a combined total of $233,305 on Friday, the fourth week of distributions. Gov. Ron DeSantis was the biggest recipient of... Read more »
Published on 8/18/2022

State budget projections jump by $5.3 billion over two years, but economists see troubling signs

State economists Tuesday bumped up Florida’s projected general revenue by about $5.3 billion, despite concerns about an economic “downshift” this fiscal year and an anticipated slowdown in the raging housing... Read more »
Published on 8/17/2022

Eclectic mix of applicants seek Florida chancellor post

A former Republican Senate leader, the chief business officer of Emory University’s college of theology and the deputy provost of a university in Ireland are among the applicants vying to... Read more »
Published on 8/17/2022

Feds send money to Florida for ‘clean' buses

The federal government is routing nearly $42 million to Florida as part of a $1.66 billion effort to increase the number of “clean” buses on U.S. roads. Grants will go... Read more »
Published on 8/17/2022

Florida Tourism Continues to Bounce Back

Tourism in Florida during the first half of 2022 was up 20 percent from the same period last year and was higher than during the first six months of 2019,... Read more »
Published on 8/16/2022

U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to hear a case on a Florida health coach giving dietary advice

A woman who operated a health and nutrition coaching business asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to take up a First Amendment challenge to a Florida law that blocked... Read more »
Published on 8/15/2022

Florida residents testing positive for COVID decreased the past two weeks

The numbers of Florida residents testing positive for COVID-19 have decreased the past two weeks, according to data released Friday. The state had a reported 54,353 new cases during the... Read more »
Published on 8/15/2022

Tamayo to Lead Volunteer Florida

Josie Tamayo was appointed Friday by Gov. Ron DeSantis as CEO of Volunteer Florida, replacing Corey Simon, who resigned in June after entering the race for a state Senate seat.... Read more »
Published on 8/14/2022

COVID-19 Cases Down, Deaths Top 78,500

The numbers of Florida residents testing positive for COVID-19 have decreased the past two weeks, but the coronavirus has killed more than 78,500 residents since the pandemic started in 2020,... Read more »
Published on 8/14/2022

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