One hospital leader, John Couris, CEO of Tampa General Hospital, said Gov. Ron DeSantis should not extend his executive order banning elective procedures, which expires May 8, and allow health care facilities to conduct those procedures starting May 9.
Central Florida’s ice cream shops have seen sales drop and been forced to adjust how they do business.
Congress is expected to pass a bill Thursday that would plow another $310 billion into the Paycheck Protection Program fund after the program burned through an initial $350 billion in less than two weeks. But the new legislation does not change a controversial part of the program that has allowed a number of larger hotel and restaurant companies to claim multiple loans through the various subsidiaries and sidestep what some lawmakers say was supposed to be a $10 million-per-company cap.
Daily Orlando Sentinel Now podcast: Gov. DeSantis praises Orange County for coronavirus response, 25% of all unemployment claims in Florida file by tourism workers, and Universal sees temperature checks, virtual queuing for reopening.
It was a bizarre case that gave a look into the hidden, lucrative market for stolen Disney World items. Patrick Spikes tells his side in an interview.