FPL vehicle charging plan gets backing
The state Public Service Commission next week should approve a Florida Power & Light proposal that would lead to more vehicle-charging stations, commission staff members recommended Friday. FPL in June filed the proposal to create a five-year pilot program...
DeSantis announces Florida’s submittal to import cheaper prescription drugs
Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Monday that the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) officially submitted its Section 804 Importation Proposal (SIP) to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Florida’s Canadian Prescription Drug...
Court weighs ‘custodial duty’ in Parkland school shooting
In a case filed by current and former students who said they suffered psychological injuries, a federal appeals court is considering constitutional arguments about whether Broward County officials had a “custodial” duty to protect students from the 2018 mass...
Altman and Duggan Appointed to Florida Defense Support Task Force
Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Chris Sprowls, recently reappointed Representative Thad Altman as Chairman and appointed Wyman Duggan as member of the Florida Defense Support Task Force. Altman, a Republican from Indialantic, represents District 52,...
Stargel Appointed Senate Appropriations Chair
Today, Florida State Senate President Wilton Simpson appointed Senator Kelli Stargel (R-District 22) as the Chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations during the 2020-2022 Legislative Term. Stargel was elected to the Florida Senate in November 2012 after serving...
Tampa will be home of the NBA’s Toronto Raptors during COVID-19 pandemic
The National Basketball Association has just announced that the Toronto Raptors will start the 2020-21 season calling Tampa, and not Toronto, home. The Raptors team president Masai Ujiri released a statement Friday afternoon explaining that time simply ran out...
Florida Jobs Halfway Back
As off the latest unemployment figures, Florida has gained back over half of the jobs lost due to the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown of the economy between February and April of this year. Florida lost 1,178,100 jobs from February to April 2020 and has since...
Florida tourism down more than 30 percent in 3rd quarter
TALLAHASSEE --- As business restrictions were gradually lifted from the coronavirus shutdown, Florida’s tourism industry saw a nearly 32 percent drop in visitors during the third quarter compared to the same period last year, according to numbers released...
Patrick Air Force Base selected as finalist to become Space Force headquarters
Florida’s Patrick Air Force Base has been selected as a finalist to become the home of the U.S. Space Command Headquarters. The base, located in Brevard County, is among the final six potential locations for the U.S. Space Command headquarters and operating home of...
DeSantis: Five Florida Hospitals To Receive COVID Vaccines
Governor Ron DeSantis announced today five Florida hospitals were selected to store and administer the new COVID-19 vaccines, once they are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), potentially within the next three to six weeks. Those hospitals are...