It might soon be against the law to let go of a balloon in Florida: Explanation of balloon release bans

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Woman releasing balloons – Photo: Song_about_summer/Shutterstock.com Florida may soon impose fines for willfully launching a balloon into the sky if the state is successful in tightening its regulations around littering. It’s a component of a larger initiative that includes legislation in at least eight other states to safeguard wildlife, birds, dolphins, and turtles from ingesting

Legislators in Florida approve new state license plates

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Florida License Plates — Courtesy: Shutterstock — Image by: Lutsenko_Oleksandr TALLAHASSEE, Florida – With almost 150 different specialty license plates available in Florida, drivers may showcase their support for charities, colleges, sports teams, and even Disney World. A bill that would provide state citizens even more alternatives for license plates was approved by the Florida

Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing in Florida acts as a memorial to his illustrious drag racing career

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Drag racing in Bradenton, Florida, USA: 50th Annual Snowbird Outlaw Nationals presented by Motion Raceworks – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by YES Market Media The “Big Daddy” Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing honors all of the sport’s pioneers in addition to his illustrious career. “I like people to come see what we had to

An outbreak of measles at a Florida elementary school has confirmed six cases

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Measles virus. Mother holding tiny baby foot with red rash, closeup – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by Prostock-studio A measles epidemic at the Manatee Bay Elementary School in Weston, Florida, has resulted in six cases of the disease. In a letter sent to nearby medical professionals on Friday, the Florida Department of Health in Broward

Plans for Buc-ee’s fourth Florida store have been submitted

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Buc-ee’s, a convenience store giant touted as the world’s largest convenience store – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by stock__photo_world The opening of a fourth Buc-ee’s in Florida is getting closer to happening. According to county documents, the gas station business submitted designs for its new St. Lucie County outlet on Tuesday. The gas station will

After tornadoes were detected in North Florida and Georgia, Miami is once again at risk of tornadoes

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Flooded street after tornadoes and gusts of wind in Fort Lauderdale – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by FotoKina On Monday, there was a fresh risk of severe weather in South Florida, including gusty gusts, hail, and maybe a tornado. The Miami and Florida Keys regions were under a tornado watch for a portion of Sunday,

After enacting a stricter immigration employment law, the Florida House votes to relax child labor laws one year later

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Child labor laws – Teen working in grocery store – Courtesy: Shutterstock — BearFotos A year after Florida established a new rule to make it harder for employers to hire illegal immigrants, the House on Thursday approved a bill regarding child labor allowing 16 and 17-year-olds to work later and longer hours. Advocates claimed that

Red tide caused Florida to lose $2.7 billion in only one year

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Red Tide algae bloom in the ocean – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by Alfred Rowan Due to a decline in tourism, Florida’s poisonous red tide has resulted in losses of billions of dollars in just one year. According to a recent research by the University of Central Florida’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management published in

Major Central Florida routes are connected by a new parkway that opened, hopefully relieving local traffic

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New Florida Parkway – View of Florida Highway — Courtesy: Shutterstock — Viktoriya A In the Central Florida beltway, SR-429, I-4, and SR-417 now have a connection that might change the game. Years went by while the billion-dollar project was developed. There was a great celebration on a sunny Friday morning in Seminole County as

Florida sees $5 million fund to assist in paying Trump’s legal expenses

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Donald Trump at podium – Courtesy: Shutterstock by Matt Smith A $5 million fund would be established under a Florida law supported by the state’s chief financial officer to assist in covering the rising legal costs of former President Donald Trump. Republican state senator Ileana Garcia has proposed to establish the “Freedom Fighters Fund,” which