March 29, 2024

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| 2/13/2018

› PolitiFact gains nonprofit status with move to the Poynter Institute
The not-for-profit Poynter Institute is taking over direct ownership of PolitiFact, the political fact-checking website started by the Tampa Bay Times in 2007. Poynter, the center for journalism education based in St. Petersburg, also owns the Tampa Bay Times.

› Florida utility bills may be getting cheaper
Utility companies will owe less tax after the recent tax overhaul, and many are planning to pass those savings on to customers. Rate changes may shave a few dollars off the average customer's bill in the coming months.

› Sea rise is outpacing Everglades restoration. But scientists say there’s a solution
For years, South Florida water managers struggling to reverse the damage done to the Everglades by decades of flood control have done their best to replicate nature, timing the flow of water into marshes with the state’s wet and dry seasons.

› Florida Tech to sponsor America Council on Education’s Women’s Network of Florida

Florida Institute of Technology has agreed to serve as a Presidential Sponsor of the America Council on Education’s (ACE) Women’s Network of Florida.

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