Drew DixonAugust 22, 2024
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Beaches and Central Florida attractions play a key role in Florida being ranked the best state for family vacations.
Tag: Daytona International Speedway
Drew DixonAugust 22, 2024
Gray RohrerApril 22, 2024
Marsy’s Law group flicks purple lights on Florida landmarks amid National Crime Victims’ Rights week
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'For five years now, Florida crime victims have been able to avail themselves of the rights and protections provided by Marsy’s Law for Florida.'
Jacob OglesMarch 27, 2020
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The Sunshine Skyway lights up starting he evening of March 26.
Staff ReportsAugust 2, 2018
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AT&T is celebrating a major milestone this year — more than $3 billion invested in Florida wireless and wired networks since 2015. Improvements made by the global telecommunications giant include a boost to reliability, coverage, speed and overall performance for both residential and business consumers. Also, upgrades have helped improve critical services for public safety […]
Jim RosicaDecember 6, 2016
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A new House bill would prohibit sports teams in Florida from building or refurbishing stadiums on public land. State Rep. Bryan Avila, a Hialeah Republican, filed the bill (HB 77) Tuesday. The House website shows it does not yet have a Senate companion. The legislation says “sports franchise(s) may not construct, reconstruct, renovate, or improve […]
Lloyd DunkelbergerJuly 12, 2016
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After getting rebuffed in another attempt to secure state incentive money for improvements at its historic track, the Daytona International Speedway has signed on two new lobbying teams with the start of another state fiscal year. The speedway has hired Johnson & Blanton and Southern Strategy Group to represent its interests in Tallahassee. The speedway, […]
Kimberly DeFalcoFebruary 13, 2016
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At the site of the future Manatee Solar Energy Center in Parrish, Florida Power & Light executives, environmentalists, state and local officials cheered as a groundbreaking ceremony significantly changed the dynamics of solar power in the Sunshine State. At 10:50 a.m. Thursday, FPL President and CEO Eric Silagy and Agricultural Commissioner Adam Putnam flipped the […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 5, 20162min190
Americans for Prosperity—Florida is out with a new advertisement taking aim at sports incentives. The digital advertisement ad campaign asks Floridians to tell their elected officials to oppose efforts to give incentives to sports teams. The digital ad campaign is scheduled to run through Super Bowl Sunday. “As wealthy team owners and NFL executives gather […]
Associated PressFebruary 1, 20161min191
The Florida Legislature is being asked to give tens of millions to help sports teams in Jacksonville and Miami and Daytona International Speedway. The state’s economic development agency on Monday forwarded three sports applications to state lawmakers to review. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity did not rank the applications but suggested that all three […]
Phil AmmannDecember 30, 20157min708
In the opening weeks of 2016, Florida’s three professional football stadiums and Daytona International Speedway will each vie for taxpayer funds to help pay for upgrades, many already in progress. Ranking the applicants — Jacksonville Jaguars, Daytona International Speedway (DIS), Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Miami Dolphins — will be the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, […]