by Guest Contributor | Jul 22, 2021
(The Center Square) – Florida economists assessing the state’s tourism, housing and labor sectors say the metrics add up to a post-pandemic economy poised for a boom. But, they cautioned, it could go bust if COVID-19 positivity and hospitalizations are not quelled,...
by Katie Morris | Jun 23, 2021
In 2018 alone, there were 130 million emergency room visits in the United States, an average of more than 350,000 visits each day. Of these emergency room visits, more than 16 million resulted in a hospital admission and more than two million resulted in a critical...
by John Haughey - The Center Square | Jun 9, 2021
(The Center Square) – The Florida Board of Education (BOE) will meet Thursday in Jacksonville to discuss a proposed rule prohibiting teachers from teaching K-12 students about critical race theory even though it is not taught in state schools. Critical race theory...
by Guest Contributor | May 27, 2021
(The Center Square) – Florida drew 79.75 million visitors during pandemic-skewered 2020, a 39.3% drop from the 131.4 million who visited the Sunshine State in 2019 and the lowest number in a decade, according to Visit Florida, the state’s tourism marketing agency....
by John Haughney - The Center Square | May 25, 2021
(The Center Square) – The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is forecasting its seventh-consecutive “above average” hurricane season with up to 20 named storms battering the Atlantic between June 1 and Nov. 1. Florida has been fortunate without a...
