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Florida Faces Blitz of New Civil Cases

Florida鈥檚 court system is struggling under a mountain of 280,122 new civil cases filed by trial attorneys a few days before Gov. Ron DeSantis enacted a law in March thwarting lawsuit abuse.

June 14, 2023
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel

Florida, South Korea Join in Hydrogen Research

Florida and South Korean officials signed a pact to create a hydrogen research hub, set to break ground next month in Polk County.

May 1, 2023
GovernmentBusiness

New I-75 Interchange in Florida Gets $4 Million Grant

Florida鈥檚 Interstate 75 in the Ocala area is getting a new interchange to ease congestion and support businesses such as a new Buc-ee鈥檚 travel center.

April 14, 2023
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Cases Pour In Before New Florida Lawsuit Abuse Law Takes Effect

Attorneys filed 80,000 to 100,000 new court cases that could seek damages from businesses a few days before Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis enacted a law to quash lawsuit abuse.

April 7, 2023
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipment

Florida Highway Tests High-Tech Concrete Road

Truckers passing more than 4 miles of U.S. Route 301 near Jacksonville, Fla., are playing a key role in the first high-tech concrete experiment in the southeastern United States.

April 5, 2023
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Florida Ramps Up Number of CDL Schools

Florida is now able to train 3,500 truck drivers yearly due to its funding of workforce training as the state approved six new third-party FleetForce truck driving schools.

March 29, 2023
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Florida Truckers Celebrate New Law Targeting Lawsuit Abuse

Florida Trucking Association and truckers are celebrating a law signed March 24 by Gov. Ron DeSantis that ends frivolous lawsuits filed by unscrupulous attorneys.聽

March 24, 2023
BusinessLogisticsTCA

Port Tampa Bay Approves $50 Million Logistics & Distribution Center

Maryland-based Tradepoint Atlantic, a shipping logistics company, is coming to Tampa, Fla., in a deal that Port Tampa Bay CEO Paul Anderson called 鈥減otentially one of the biggest modern opportunities in the modern history of our port.鈥

February 22, 2023
BusinessTechnologyTCA

Florida鈥檚 Blue Innovations Group Betting on Electric Boats

As Tesla helped usher in electric cars, a Tampa Bay, Fla., company seeks to do the same for boating. Blue Innovations Group, founded by former Tesla global head of manufacturing Chuan 鈥淛ohn鈥 Vo, is working out of Pinellas Park on a 30-foot-long boat powered by only electricity.

December 29, 2022
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafety

Florida Colleges Get Funds to Boost CDL, Technician Jobs

Florida鈥檚 governor has awarded more than $3 million to schools for commercial driver licenses and diesel technician programs to create jobs needed to help with regional recovery from Hurricane Ian. 聽

November 29, 2022

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