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Florida businesses play waiting game with new FTC ban on ‘noncompete’ agreements
After the Federal Trade Commission ordered a ban on most noncompete agreements between employers and employees, Florida companies are being advised by lawyers to review their contracts and to double check which agreements might still be eligible to remain in effect. Labor and employment lawyers noted it likely will be more than four months before the rule takes effect — if the courts uphold it. More from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Gas prices are higher across Florida. Here are the cheapest places to pump
Gas prices have increased in Florida this week. Prices are up 2 cents a gallon statewide over last week, and inched up in the Miami area and Bradenton-Sarasota. North Florida is still the cheapest area in the state to fill up, with some prices 30 cents less a gallon than in parts of South Florida. More from the Tampa Bay Times.
Jacksonville public school’s construction program helps address worker shortage
A. Philip Randolph Career Academies’ construction program prepares students to join the workforce as soon as they graduate and students say the program makes them feel less concerned about their future. But the school is one that would close under a proposed plan from Duval County Public Schools. More from News 4 Jax.
Orange County considers offering film, TV production incentives
Orange County may start an incentives program to bring television and film productions to Central Florida. On May 7, the Orange County Commission will consider forming a film incentive working group that would propose recommendations to the county on starting a local program, an idea previously floated in 2023. The meeting will include a discussion with Commissioner Emily Bonilla, who has led Sunshine Meetings with interested education and industry partners. More from the Orlando Business Journal.
Fort Lauderdale’s Pier Sixty-Six will likely be deemed a ‘historic’ landmark. Here’s why.
Pier Sixty-Six, the landmark that rises high and stands out with its crown of spires, could be deemed a historic structure in Fort Lauderdale, preserving it forever. The Fort Lauderdale City Commission is scheduled to vote Tuesday to give the property’s original tower a “historic designation as a historic landmark,” keeping the 1950s-era exterior intact, according to city records. It’s considered important for its historic associations with the Phillips Petroleum Company. More from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Out of the Box
Florida women drive 500 miles from Jacksonville to Key West in toy cars to 'save animals'
Two 29-year-old Florida women who have been best friends since Kindergarten embarked on a 500-mile journey together, and not by way of automobiles or other traditional forms of transportation, but rather motorized toy cars. The women initially planned to break the Guinness World Record for the longest journey in a toy car by driving down the coast of Florida from Jacksonville to Key West.
» More from USA Today.
Arts Business
Orlando Ballet, Annie Russell Theatre leaders leave posts
Two Orlando arts leaders, from Orlando Ballet and the Annie Russell Theatre at Rollins College, have departed their high-profile posts as the 2023-24 cultural season winds down. Charmaine Hunter, Orlando Ballet’s director of community enrichment, has departed the organization after seven years to join The Sarasota Ballet in a similar position, community engagement director. At Rollins, veteran professor Thomas Ouellette will take a sabbatical for the 2024-25 season before retiring.
» Read more from the Orlando Sentinel.
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