Space Perspective, a space flight company, announced plans to fly passengers and research payloads to the edge of space with Spaceship Neptune — and will conduct some launches at Cecil Spaceport.

Voters will decide whether it will pay $600 million for repairs, new schools

Visit Jacksonville was charged with locking down 10,000 rooms ahead of the convention. Although Jacksonville has 19,000 rooms, the standards of many don’t meet the minimum requirements set by the RNC.

Florida remains in the #2 spot as the best state for business, closely following Texas.