Florida corrections staff COVID-19 cases near 3,000

The increase came after the department reported Friday that 2,973 workers had been infected.

Florida reports over 2,500 new COVID-19 cases, 9 more deaths

The Florida Department of Health has not reported a daily increase above 10,000 infections since late July.

Tropical Storm Beta expected to become hurricane before landfall

For only the second time in tracking history, forecasters have turned to the Greek alphabet for naming storms. Alpha formed in the Atlantic earlier and now Beta has just formed in the western Gulf of Mexico.

Gov. DeSantis orders flags at half-staff for Ruth Bader Ginsburg

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died at 87 of metastatic pancreatic cancer, according to the court. She was the oldest sitting member.

Florida reports another 62 deaths, over 3,500 coronavirus cases

With the state gaining back more than half of the jobs lost since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Florida’s unemployment rate dropped to 7.4% in August.

Gov. DeSantis signs bills on license plates, shark fins

The measures acted on Friday were the last of 206 bills, including a new state budget that reached DeSantis from the 2020 legislative session, which ended March 19.

Obamacare plan rates to increase by 3.1-percent

The 10 insurance companies that participate in the so-called Obamacare market initially submitted rate filings for individual plans.

Trump calls Ruth Bader Ginsburg ‘an amazing woman,’ Biden says she ‘stood for all of us’

President Donald Trump called the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “an amazing woman” on Friday after learning of her death. Democratic nominee Joe Biden said Ginsburg “stood for all of us.”

$2 billion unclaimed in Florida: Check if some belongs to you

Most of the unclaimed money comes from dormant accounts, "mostly from financial institutions, insurance and utility companies, securities and trust holdings."

SpaceX postpones Friday launch of Starlink, due to weather concerns

SpaceX late Thursday announced it is postponing a planned launch of another round of Starlink satellites. SpaceX scrubbed Thursday's and had hoped to try again on Friday afternoon.

DeSantis says 'boots on the ground' needed to assess Sally damage

Gov. Ron DeSantis said expeditious recovery efforts were underway Thursday afternoon, with power restored to about 40,000 of the 250,000 Northwest Florida homes put in the dark Wednesday by Hurricane Sally.