80 percent of Florida citrus trees infected by greening

Florida’s citrus growers say as much as 90 percent of their acreage and 80 percent of their trees are infected by the deadly greening disease, which is making a huge dent in the state’s $10.7 billion citrus industry, a new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences survey shows. Read more from Science Daily and the Packer and read the full report from IFAS.

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Tampa Bay Times wins Pulitzer Prizes in local and investigative reporting

The Tampa Bay Times won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday for investigations that exposed rampant indifference and inequity in five predominantly African-American Pinellas County schools and in Florida's state-run mental health system. The Sarasota-Herald Tribune shared in one of the prizes and Sun Newspapers of Charlotte Harbor was also awarded a Pulitzer. More from the Tampa Bay Times, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, and The Pulitzer Prizes.

Prosperous but undocumented

Many unauthorized immigrants break the stereotype and live comfortably and successfully. Good jobs. Nice cars. Fashionable homes. How do they do it? [Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel]

Gas prices expected to rise up to 15 cents by Memorial Day

Prices nationwide have been above $2 a gallon for 25 consecutive days and are expected to keep rising at least until Memorial Day in late May, AAA said. The auto club estimates that prices will go up 10 to 15 cents by the holiday. [Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel]

Will the US ‘earnings recession’ end soon?

Some market forecasters are hoping for an improved labor market in the U.S. in 2016 but inflation in wages and consumer prices are likely to remain moderate. [Source: CNBC]

ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:

› Tech industry leasing more space in South Florida [South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
Office leasing by tech companies has doubled in the last two years, according to a report Monday by commercial real estate company CBRE. The report was released in coordination with the eMerge Americas technology event, which takes place through Tuesday at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

› Fort Lauderdale-based OrangeTheory Fitness grows ‘like wildfire’ [Miami Herald]
The company that launched its first studio in Fort Lauderdale in 2010 has almost 400 franchise studios in 40 states and six countries, including Australia. The company’s own goal for 2016 is to bulk up, opening one new location a day for 365 days.
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› Growing launch activity lifts Space Coast bars, businesses [Orlando Sentinel]
Space business in the area is picking up. New companies like Space X have joined battle-tested veterans like Boeing and Lockheed Martin to grow the frequency of planned rocket launches from the region's launch pads.

› U.S. customs prepares for more international flights in Keys [AP]
A new customs checkpoint is opening in a Florida Keys airport in preparation for more traffic involving the island chain and Cuba and other international destinations.

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› eMerge Americas opens with Colin Powell talking tech, politics, immigration [Miami Herald]
eMerge Americas threw open the doors of the Miami Beach Convention Center on Monday for Year 3 of the homegrown technology conference. Manny Medina, founder of eMerge Americas, said 13,000 people from 60 countries registered for the conference, a sellout.

› Gun industry surge adds tens of thousands of jobs [Money]
An unprecedented surge in gun sales created tens of thousands of jobs last year. The gun industry added 24,763 jobs in 2015 for a nationwide total of 287,986, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation.

› Florida teen's science project catches Obama's eye [WTSP]
A 14-year-old Florida girl's science project caught the eye of President Obama during the White House Science Fair. Hannah Herbst created an ocean-energy probe prototype.

› SunTrust Foundation Donates $10,000 to Florida Tech’s Bisk College of Business [FIT News]
For the second consecutive year, The SunTrust Foundation has donated $10,000 to Florida Institute of Technology’s Nathan Bisk College of Business.