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WEBSep 28, 2024 · Airport updates from Hurricane Helene at TPA, PIE, SRQ, RSW, PGD. Follow the Business Observer for updates on airport closures and flight cancellations as Helene approaches the Gulf Coast. Florida. By. Elizabeth King, Laura Lyon, Louis Llovio. September 26, 2024.
Beef over family fortune is nothing new for a Sarasota meat …
WEBJul 3, 2021 · The heirs of a Sarasota-based company with a widely known brand are in a big-time beef over the family fortune. The company is Boar’s Head, the meat and deli provisions company that’s been based in Sarasota, with an office on Main Street, for some 20 years. Adding more intrigue to the latest dispute, recently written about in law blogs and ...
Florida inches closer to recreational marijuana with 2024 ballot ...
WEBJan 4, 2024 · A measure that would put a proposed recreational cannabis amendment on the 2024 general election ballot has garnered enough signatures to move forward and is currently being reviewed by the Florida Supreme Court, which is expected to rule on it by April 1. An organization called Smart and Safe Florida, backed by nearly $40 million in ...
Florida Supreme Court rejects bankers' request in funding dispute
WEBAug 12, 2024 · The Florida’s Supreme Court has declined a request from the Florida Banker’s Association to hold a hearing on reversing how much interest is paid on specific trust accounts held by lawyers that help fund legal aid organizations statewide. In a one-sentence notice issued Wednesday, the court stated the …
Florida insurance commissioner says reforms easing crisis, bringing ...
WEBJan 2, 2024 · Florida. As Florida property owners continue to deal with skyrocketing premiums that are strangling budgets and threatening future development, the state’s insurance commissioner is trying to shine a spotlight on progress made in 2023 that, he says, “promote a stable and competitive insurance market.”.
Tampa Bay Rays win final approval for new $1.2 billion stadium
WEBJul 30, 2024 · The Pinellas County Commission agreed Tuesday to dedicate about $312.5 million in bed tax revenue to the construction of a new ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays. The 5-2 vote brings to an end a yearslong effort by the team to win support in order to build a new baseball stadium replacing Tropicana Field. What the …
New kind of town is being built and wired on ranchland in SWFL
WEBFeb 17, 2023 · Babcock Ranch is a 18,000-acre planned community of energy-efficient homes. Photo by Steffania Pifferi. The homes, built by name-brand developers who agree to meet the principles set out by the community’s planners, start in the $200,000 range and go as high as $1.5 million, according to the community's literature.
Two prime Fort Myers Beach properties listed for $17.5 million
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Just days after the restaurant space belonging to a popular Fort Myers Beach Greek restaurant sold, two more parcels in the area have hit the market, with a combined listing price of $17.5 million. The two properties, which are being sold together, are at 1021 Estero Blvd. and at 1010 Estero Blvd. The …
Beverage distributor says billionaire investor's money is for growth ...
WEBJul 22, 2021 · Beverage distributor says billionaire investor's money is for growth not to purchase the company CEO Tom Pepin says Maryland investment firm will his prominent beverage distribution company grow — but insists the business was not sold.