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Florida just became the fastest-growing state for the first time in 65 years — here are 3 top stocks to capitalize on the historical shift
‘People vote with their feet’: Florida just became the fastest-growing state for the first time in 65 years — here are 3 top stocks to capitalize on the historical shift With warm weather ...
DeSantis Will Focus On Abortion, Gun Rights And Union-Busting In Second Term Ahead Of Likely 2024 Run
Topline Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) was sworn in for his second gubernatorial term on Tuesday, kicking off a term that’s likely to include major hot-button issues like abortion, gun rights and Covid...
Cruise Ships Rescue Migrants From Boats Off Florida Coast
Topline About two dozen migrants were rescued by a pair of Carnival Cruise Line ships northwest of Cuba on Monday, according to the company, complementing a recent surge of migrants landing along the ...
Florida State’s Resurgence A Bright Spot During Largely Dismal 2022 College Football Season In Sunshine State
Florida State coach Mike Norvell raises the trophy after his team’s win against Oklahoma during the … [+] Cheez-It Bowl on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebe...
Florida And Texas Led The Nation In Population Growth This Year — While New York Had Largest Decline
Topline The U.S. population grew by 0.4% in 2022, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau, suggesting recovery from the nation’s lowest rate of growth on record (0.1%) in 20...
Severe Storms Push Florida Home Insurer FedNat to Bankruptcy
(Bloomberg) — FedNat Holding Co., a Florida-based homeowners insurance company, filed for bankruptcy after an increase in severe weather events in the state weighed on its balance sheet. Most Re...
Biden Official Sam Brinton’s 2nd Alleged Theft Included $1,700 In Jewelry
Topline The Biden Administration has come under fire after Energy Department official Sam Brinton, who identifies as nonbinary, was charged in two separate instances of stealing suitcases at U.S. airp...
Florida best-prepared US state for widespread crypto adoption: Research
It’s not just pro-crypto regulations but also a supporting infrastructure that allows sustainable crypto adoption in any jurisdiction. Weighing in factors such as the number of Bitcoin (BTC) ATMs, blo...
GOP Jump On Biden Official Sam Brinton’s 2nd Theft Allegation—Blames ‘Wokeness’ For Their Hire
Topline The Biden Administration has come under fire from Republican lawmakers after Energy Department official Sam Brinton, who identifies as nonbinary, was charged in two separate instances of steal...
Rare Late-Season Disturbance Could Become First December Subtropical Storm In 9 Years
Topline A storm system developing in the Atlantic this week could become the first named December storm in almost a decade, according to meteorologists, possibly making for an unusually late end to hu...
More Classified Records Found In Trump’s Florida Storage Unit, Reports Say
Topline A search team that former President Donald Trump’s attorneys were court-pressed to hire discovered at least two records marked “classified” at a storage unit the ex-president used in West Palm...
Even BlackRock is too woke for Florida
The world’s largest asset manager, [hotlink]BlackRock[/hotlink], is under fire for being too woke. Despite its role as a pipeline financier—and $171 billion of investments in public U.S. oil and gas c...
DeSantis Denies Reports That Florida Lawmakers Are Backtracking On Punishing Disney
Topline Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office denied a bombshell report Friday morning claiming that state lawmakers were considering reversing their earlier fight with Walt Disney World, insisting the state will...
Disney’s Splash Mountain To Close In Florida In January Amid Racism Concerns—Nearly Three Years After Company First Announced It
Topline Disney’s Splash Mountain ride will close in Walt Disney World in January, the company announced Friday, shuttering the attraction more than two and a half years after Disney initially announce...
Former Matt Gaetz Associate Joel Greenberg Sentenced To 11 Years For Child Sex Trafficking
Topline Joel Greenberg, a former Florida tax collector and associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), was sentenced to 11 years in prison Thursday for sex trafficking of a minor and five other federal cha...
As House Prices Fall, The West Coast Is Most Exposed, Southeast Sees Better Trends
Recent data shows house prices continuing to decline in September (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty … [+] Images) Getty Images House prices fell 0.8% month-on-month for September on a seasonally...
Argentina’s Ripio sets up shop in Florida in first U.S. move
Ripio, a Buenos Aires-based crypto exchange, is opening in Florida — its first foray into the U.S. The firm, which has 4.5 million users and is going on a decade in business, has received regula...
What You Need To Know About The Mosquito-Borne Virus Found In Arizona
Topline Arizona health officials this week reported a case of dengue fever they believe was acquired locally rather than from travel, possibly joining Florida as the only state to record local transmi...
Why Can’t States Like California Count Votes As Quickly As Florida?
Our election system is broken in a number of states, with the results of several critical contests in doubt a week after Election Day because votes haven’t been tabulated. This segment of What’s Ahead...
Could Wind Turbines Be A Secret Weapon Against Hurricanes? Today’s Fantasy May Be Tomorrow’s Reality
Offshore wind turbines could have unexpected benefits in that they help to tame hurricanes. getty Anna Broughel of the Clean Energy Leadership Institute and Johns Hopkins University co-authored this a...
Hurricane Nicole Makes Landfall In Florida—Here’s Where It’s Headed
Topline Hurricane Nicole made landfall on Florida’s east coast early Thursday morning as a Category 1 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center—though it was quickly downgraded back to a tropi...
Late-Season Storm Nicole Becomes A Hurricane Just Ahead Of Florida Landfall
Topline Tropical Storm Nicole strengthened into Hurricane Nicole on Wednesday evening over the Bahamas, becoming the eighth hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic season—and a rare late-season storm—just hour...
Tropical Storm Nicole: Travel impact in Florida
This GOES-East GoeColor satellite image taken at 2:36 p.m. EST and provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Nicole approaching toward the northwestern Bahamas and Florida’s Atlantic coastline on Tu...
Florida Elects First Gen Z Congressman In US: ‘History Was Made Tonight’
Topline Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Florida) became the first Gen Z member of Congress on Tuesday, with the 25-year-old saying he “made history for Floridians, for Gen Z, and for everyone who believes ...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Wins Re-Election
Topline Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has won re-election to a second term, beating Democrat Charlie Crist as DeSantis’ national profile grows amid a possible 2024 presidential run. Republican ...
Subtropical Storm Nicole Prompts U.S. Hurricane Watches
Projected track of Subtropical Storm Nicole NOAA Well that escalated quickly. This weekend I warned that a subtropical system was likely to form and impact Florida by the end of the week. A Hurricane ...
Something’s Brewing In The Tropics That Might Affect Florida This Week
Two-day outlook for the Atlantic NOAA Though it is November, meteorologists like me are still watching the tropics. At the time of writing, the National Hurricane Center is monitoring two areas of int...
Could Weather Impact Florida Vote? Tropical Storm May Strike On Election Day
Topline There is “increasing risk” Florida could be dealing with a tropical threat as voters go to the polls on Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center, though at this point th...
Florida Board Votes To Ban Gender-Affirming Care For Transgender Youth
Topline The Florida Board of Medicine approved a rule Friday that bans minors from obtaining gender-affirming care—though it will still face additional steps before being adopted—overruling guidance f...
Here’s What Tiffany Cross Said That May Have Led MSNBC To Cancel Her Show
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 19: Tiffany Cross, Host of MSNBC Cross Connection speaks on stage … [+] during The 2022 Concordia Annual Summit – Day 1 at Sheraton New York on Septemb...