Florida Business News
- California shatters rocket launch record as Florida's Space Coast slows
Move over Florida. California raced past a new launch record with no slowdown in sight — all while Cape Canaveral launch activity remains quiet.
- Amendment 3 seeks to lower taxes for second homes and investors. Will it?
Amendment 3’s impact on properties with homestead exemptions — which are their owners’ primary residences — has occupied the spotlight. But another provision cuts the cap in half on how much the assessed value of non-homesteaded properties can rise each year.
- Florida adds to hiring bonus for corrections officers
The Department of Corrections on Tuesday announced $1,000 bonuses at select correctional institutions, which in some cases may come on top of the $5,000 bonuses already being offered at select jails.
- Chamber Forum: Mark Wilson says work on Florida 2040 Blueprint begins next year
The Florida Chamber Foundation will begin work early next year on a new long-term strategic plan intended to carry the state beyond 2030.
- SpaceX unveils sweeping vision for Starship-centric campus at NASA's KSC
SpaceX plans to greatly expand its facilities at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to support Starship launches, creating a campus of 3,300 employees by buildout in 2045 for manufacturing, production, refurbishment and warehousing.