December 1, 2023
Columns by Howard:
In 1998, not too long after I became executive editor at FLORIDA TREND, I wrote a column, “The Price of Panthers,” in which I used the Florida panther as a surrogate for the challenges Florida faces in balancing competing societal goods — growth and development vs. maintaining aspects of the state's traditional character.
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Solar provided just 4% of electricity generation in Florida in 2021. Power generation from renewables — biofuels, biomass, hydro, landfill gas, municipal solid waste, solar and wind — totaled just 6% of overall generation in 2021...
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Florida may receive about $13 billion in federal funds to spend on highways and $2.6 billion to improve public transportation.
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One of the most perplexing business-related developments in the wake of the pandemic has been the decision by thousands of workers in Florida to quit their jobs.
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For more than 40 years,Manny Mencia has enjoyed a singular perspective on Florida's economic evolution...
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The disconnect between data — empirical facts — and perceptions plays out across a wide range of issues.
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In Florida's business world, the real standouts are those who go about business with some sense of higher purpose.
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A recent news story out of Tennessee took me back to the early years of my journalism career...
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Business Beat - Week of December 1st
