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Miami-Dade County unveils beefed up surveillance measures to prevent gun violence, cruise ships closer to making a comeback this summer and a judge rules in favor of a lawsuit brought against the city of Miami Beach for ending alcohol sales at 2 a.m. in the entertainment district.

It is so the cruise line can prove its COVID-19 safety protocols are effective.

It’s a multi-billion dollar question for the South Florida economy — when will cruise ships set sail again with passengers? PortMiami's boss says: "We're ready."

Gov. Ron DeSantis has filed a lawsuit against the federal government's no-sail order. Plus, tourism is back up to pre-COVID levels in the Florida Keys. And Nova Southeastern University requires vaccines for students and faculty on campus this fall.

Advocates for limiting cruise ships in Key West say water quality improved while they were gone. A new study from Florida International University backs them up.

Key West is a small island with 25,000 residents — but it keeps finding itself in the crosshairs of the state government in Tallahassee.

The Senate Transportation Committee backed a revised bill (SB 426) that initially sought to block local governments from enacting rules on port operations statewide. The revised bill approved Thursday in a 6-2 vote would limit a state “pre-emption” of local regulations to cruise ship operations in municipal-run ports in Pensacola, Panama City, Key West and St. Petersburg. Currently, only Key West has cruise ship operations.

A state senator from Bradenton has filed a bill that would roll back Key West's strict limits on cruise ship visitation.

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On Election Day, Key West voters approved three measures that would severely limit the cruise industry on the island. That issue was already in court — and now the people who pushed for the new limits want to stay part of the legal battle.

Key West voters approved measures that would cap the number of people who could disembark from cruise ships each day, the capacity of ships and to prioritize ships by health and environmental safety records.