Wednesday s Afternoon Update | 1/20/2021
The sky’s the limit: Space Coast expects another strong year of launches in 2021
Rockets launch almost every week just a few miles north of Rusty’s Seafood & Oyster Bar in Cape Canaveral. The restaurant shakes when a spacecraft breaks the sound barrier and leaves Earth behind. Commercial space launches from companies like SpaceX, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, helped drive the Space Coast economy in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Signs point to an even stronger 2021, especially for the private space industry. “Praise Elon,” said Rhett Fischer, the restaurant’s manager, jokingly. More from the Orlando Sentinel.
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Tuesday s Daily Pulse | 1/19/2021
Unemployed Floridians finding difficulty to release unemployment benefits from hold
Many unemployed Floridians claim a months-old problem has yet to be fixed, and it is keeping them from collecting unemployment benefits. Thousands jobless Floridians currently have a “return to work hold.” The hold often occurs after someone gets a new job or, in some cases, just applies for one. Unemployment expert Vanessa Brito said the hold is not a glitch, but an obstacle. “The company has to report to the Department of Revenue, Brito said. The Department of Revenue updates their system that cross-matches with DEO. [Source: First Coast News]
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Broadcasting during Hurricane Andrew, I said some of the smartest things I ever said in my life. One of them was, ‘OK, folks, here’s what I want you to do. I want you to get a mattress off the bed. I want you to get in a closet or in a hallway or in a bathroom and get your family under that mattress.’ I heard from so many people afterward that, after the storm passed, when they came out from beneath the mattress, that they looked up and saw the sky.
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