Florida News – Highlights from around the state – February 28th
Bottom Line: Your daily recap of the some of the biggest news from around the state that impacts you in South Florida.
- Florida still has no reported cases of COVID-19, this as Governor DeSantis addressed the state’s readiness plans to deal with the threat of an outbreak statewide.
- Early booking and travel cancellations show Orlando’s metro as the most negatively impacted thus far by the coronavirus. Approximately 5% of previously planned conventions through the first half of the year have been canceled or postponed.
- Movers in Thursday’s state session included the E-Verify bill for businesses...Alyssa’s Law for school panic alert systems...
- SpaceX has announced plans to significantly increase launches from the Cape starting this year. After averaging 13 launches per year, SpaceX has 38 launches planned this year,ramping up to 70 annually by 2023.
- Michael Bloomberg is making a full court press in Florida, including spending Super Tuesday in West Palm Beach as he begins to make the rounds in advance of our March 17th primary.