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What you need to know about Florida today
Fed downgrades economic outlook
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday moved a step closer to hiking rates for the first time since 2006, but downgraded its economic growth and inflation projections, signaling it is in no rush to push borrowing costs to more normal levels. Read more from Reuters, the AP, and NPR.
See also:
» Is the Federal Reserve Talking Too Much?
» Federal Reserve bets unemployment can fall as low as 5% without stoking inflation
» Crowded Dollar Trade Takes It On The Chin As Fed Seems To Waver On Rate Hikes
» What an interest rate increase means for real people
» ‘Has the World Changed in 24 Hours?’ – Strategists React to Fed
Florida approves presidential primary date change
The Florida Legislature on Wednesday sent to Gov. Rick Scott a measure that would bump back the date of the 2016 primary from March 1 to March 15. The legislation could be a big boost for the potential presidential campaigns of both former Gov. Jeb Bush and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio. [Source: AP]
Legislative Roundup:
» Florida Senate puts money into prison oversight
» Florida House votes to scale back testing in schools
» Film incentive bill moving through Florida Legislature
» Sunshine State officials sending mixed messages on government transparency
Technology is about to usher in the 'circular' economy
The likes of Uber, AirBnB, Lyft, and Kickstarter, are transforming how goods and services are concepted, created, procured, and sold –- and are in fact, changing the whole distribution model. The trio of Internet ubiquity, cloud computing, and mobile broadband makes the sharing economy possible. [Source: Information Age]
House proposes $17.9 million to combat citrus disease
The fight against a disease infecting Florida’s oranges would get a hefty boost from a House spending proposal. The House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee included $17.9 million for the state’s response to citrus greening in a budget proposal Tuesday. [Source: CBS Miami]
From coastlines to the Everglades, researchers tackle sea level rise
South Florida ranks as the world's most vulnerable urban region in terms of assets exposed to the effects of sea level rise. FIU's research is dedicated to developing and implementing solutions for the major environmental and economic challenges created by the rising seas. [Source: PHYS ORG]
See also:
» Rising seas bring heavy burden to Florida coastal economy. Can it adapt?
ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:
› People in the South move more than those in other US regions
Southerners moved a bit more last year than people who lived in any other region of the United States. New figures released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau show that 12.5 percent of people in the South moved from 2013 to 2014.
› Santa Fe College named top community college in US
Santa Fe College has won the 2015 Aspen Prize as the top performing community college in the U.S. Santa Fe was selected from 1,123 other public community colleges and will receive $800,000 in prize funds.
› Gator farmers push meat at major seafood expo
How about a little alligator on your dinner table? That's the pitch that the Florida Alligator Marketing Education Committee made this week when it went for the first time to Boston's annual Seafood Expo North America, the largest seafood show on the continent.
› UM stem cell research on heart may go national
University of Miami stem cell research on generating healthy heart tissue in heart attack survivors is on track to be tested across the US.
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