Panhandle Vacation Rentals Cleared to Open
By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Vacation rentals in seven Panhandle counties Tuesday were allowed to reopen with…
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DeSantis Cites “Insubordination” for Firing
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration said Tuesday evening that a Department of Health employee who helped create Florida’s COVID-19 information “dashboard” was fired…
State Eyes Plans for Reopening University Campuses
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — State university system Chancellor Marshall Criser next week will present guidelines for…
Firing Up a Political Feud
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida Democrats hope to make wildfires that destroyed homes and other structures…
DeSantis Defends Efforts to Fix Unemployment Problems
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday defended his administration’s efforts to get the…
DeSantis Plan Allows Restaurants, Retailers to Open
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Restaurants and many retail stores outside of Southeast Florida can start reopening…
Overwhelmed Jobless System Taken Down for Weekend
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s overwhelmed online unemployment-compensation system has been taken down for the weekend…
Coronavirus Could Hit Private School Enrollment
By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Private schools and Florida universities might see drops in enrollment as the…
Two Companies to Bolster COVID Testing
The News Service of Florida Florida will be able to increase by 18,000 a day the number of COVID-19 tests that can…
FPL, Gulf Power Plan to Merge
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — In a move that would create a utility with customers from Miami…
Task Force Looks for Answers on Reviving Economy
By Jim Turner, Christine Sexton The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — With hundreds of thousands of workers filing unemployment claims and…
DeSantis Revamps Leadership of Unemployment System
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday shook up oversight of the state’s unemployment-compensation…