Jack Payne of UF on GMOs and climate change

Florida Business News

• Georgia wins major victory in legal fight with Florida over water use

  Florida claims that Georgia uses too much of the water from the Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers, but a a special master appointed by the U.S. Supreme Court is recommending that the Court deny Florida’s request to limit Georgia’s water use.

• Challenges of teaching math in Florida schools

  Florida has a critical shortage of math (and other) teachers, and school districts are putting more teachers uncertified in their field in the classrooms.

Florida vaccination efforts slow the spread of hepatitis A

Florida’s surgeon general is cautiously optimistic that education and vaccination efforts during the past few months are working to contain the spread of hepatitis A.

Raise Florida’s minimum wage to $15 an hour? Here’s who gains and who loses

Potentially before voters in 2020, a proposed constitutional amendment would gradually increase Florida’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026.

Most 'boomtowns' are in three states and Florida is one

Florida, Texas and Colorado are collectively home to more than two dozen of the nation's fastest-growing cities for population growth and economic expansion.

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