- All fishing restrictions lifted, including all groupers — even square!
- Key West Airport Security now allows shoes, electronics, 1.75 liters of Tito’s Vodka, subdued livestock and “reasonable” contraband through all checkpoints.
- Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is working part-time at Fury Water Sports.
- NAS Commander Bobby Baker converted his F/A-18 Hornets into Ubers.
- Dry Tortugas National Park named the newest HQ2 facility for Amazon Prime.
- Robert Mueller accepts part-time position with MCSO Cyber Crimes Division to investigate Russian tampering in 2018 Mosquito Control Board election.
- The shutdown will not affect FDOT’s ability to respond or act upon any/all road projects within 264 days.
- Plans for a border wall to keep Marathon residents out of Key West have been placed on hold.
- Cruise ship tourists can now take one python, iguana, lionfish or Key deer back on the ship as souvenirs.
- Good Year secures naming rights to iconic Fat Albert “weather blimp” on Cudjoe Key.