Florida Business News
- Jobless rate continues to move up
Florida’s jobless rate ticked up for a seventh consecutive month in March. There was a monthly increase of 7,000 unemployed workers, and a jump of 120,000 over the last 12 months.
- South Florida business bankruptcies rose 30% in 2025
South Florida recorded 836 business bankruptcy filings in 2025, up 30% year-over-year. Miami-Dade County led the region with 382 filings, accounting for nearly 34% of Florida's total.
- Acron Technologies acquires artificial intelligence company
St. Petersburg-based Acron Technologies, a portfolio company of private equity firm TJC L.P., has acquired Portland, Oregon-based Sightline Intelligence.
- New spacecraft processing complex coming to NASA's Kennedy Space Center
After years of behind-the-scenes planning, All Points Logistics has secured a 64-acre lease from NASA to construct more than a half-million square feet of spacecraft pre-launch processing facilities at Kennedy Space Center.
- Spirit Airlines crowdfunding site gets $88 million in pledges
A website set up to collect pledges toward buying the bankrupt Florida-based carrier and running it as a cooperative operation crashed multiple times over the weekend under a flood of interest.






















