Around 90% of Florida’s gasoline comes through ports, including both PortMiami and Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, on cargo ships.
“This is not a refinery issue. Gasoline is still being made and fuel continues sailing through Florida ports, regardless of whether Colonial Pipeline is operational,” Jenkins continued.
In Miami-Dade County, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and other county officials emphasized in a news conference Wednesday that the county does not get its fuel supply from the Colonial Pipeline. Let me be very clear. We do not have an emergency in South Florida as a result of this problem with the pipeline, Levine Cava said. It does not affect our fuel supply.
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On April 19, 2021, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 50 (SB 50), which amends portions of Chapter 212,
Florida Statutes. SB 50 is slated to significantly reduce Florida’s commercial leasing sales tax rate and reemployment tax rate and to provide some much-needed relief to Florida businesses.
Under SB 50, out–of–state online retailers who expect to make over $100,000 in remote sales are required to collect and remit the state’s 6% sales tax on such online sales. This legislation brings Florida in line with the 48 other states that have elected to take advantage of the 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in
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The Florida state legislature is considering a sweeping data
privacy bill introduced by Governor Ron DeSantis in February.
House Bill 969 is the latest state provision to follow in the
footsteps of the California Consumer Privacy Act
( CCPA ), the California Privacy Rights Act and the
Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, in giving consumers greater
control over how their personal information is used while imposing
greater restrictions on companies use of that data.
Similar to the California and Virginia laws, the Florida bill
would apply to most for-profit entities that do business in Florida
Jacksonville restaurant owners blame unemployment benefits for hiring woes
‘We’re not even getting anybody applying,’ one restaurant owner tells News4Jax
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JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – While Florida is open for business and restaurants are at full capacity, owners seem to have one common complaint: they can’t hire enough staff.
Several restaurant owners have told News4Jax they believe that state and federal unemployment payments are so good that hourly workers don’t want to take gigs in the service industry.
It’s causing some restaurants to limit their hours or close early. But that could change on Saturday when Florida once again requires unemployed people to prove they’re trying to find work.
By Joel Malkin
Apr 13, 2021
While Florida s Agriculture Commissioner is widely expected to run for governor, if Nikki Fried decides to run for reelection, she may face a challenge from a former congressman.
Tom Rooney served in two different Districts as a U.S. House member from 2008 until his announcement in 2018 that he would not seek reelection.
The Republican told
Florida Politics that he is considering a run to head up the state s Department of Agriculture next year, saying he still has political ambitions.
Rooney left Congress to spend more time with his sons, while they were in high school. His youngest heads into his senior year in the fall.