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Shifting Winds
Florida's hot residential real estate market is changing gears -- simmering down in some areas, changing focus in others. Real estate professionals identify several major trends
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Published on 5/1/2006
House Odds
The introduction of Vegas-style slot machines in south Florida is changing the gambling landscape across the state.
Published on 5/1/2006
Calmest Guy in the Room
What do you do when you have one of the most highly regarded emergency-management programs in the world, as Florida does?
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Published on 5/1/2006
Opportunities
Because of her gender, my daughter is likely to have fewer chances to play on a team than her brother at most colleges in Florida and in the U.S.
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Published on 5/1/2006
Trendsetters - May 2006
Karen Dow, UCF; Peter Murray, Nova Southeastern; Christina Frederick-Recascino, Embry-Riddle; Jay Huebner, UNF; W. Gregory Sawyer, UF; Aswani Volety, FGCU; Greg Tolley, FGCU; Michael
zager, FAU. Read more »
Published on 5/1/2006
Icon: Reubin O'D. Askew
"It's a big year for me. Donna Lou and I will celebrate our golden anniversary in August, and I celebrate 50 years as a lawyer this year too."
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Published on 4/1/2006
Six of 10
In Florida, funding for career education only amounts to about 5% of total education funding and six of every 10 ninth-graders either drop out of high school or don't go on to college if they finish high school.
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Published on 4/1/2006
Bonding
Eyeing the booming municipal bond business in Florida, Orlando-based Broad & Cassel has launched a mu-nicipal finance and capital projects group.
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Published on 4/1/2006
For Whom the Tolls Swell
Florida has turned to toll roads to hoist itself from the muck of transportation policies that haven't kept pace with growth.
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Published on 4/1/2006
The Mega-Trends: Good Migration
Every day, Florida gains 1,060 new residents. Who is coming? Why? And where are they coming from?
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Published on 4/1/2006
Trendsetters - April 2006
Deanna Wathington, USF; Ron Brown, AeroClave; John May, Health Through Walls; Sue Washer, Applied Genetic Technologies; Barry Katzen, Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute; Gasper Lazzara, Imagine Orthodontics; Diana Robinson, Aisling Capital.
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Published on 4/1/2006
Eye on the Ball
People may move to Florida, but getting them to transplant their core, heartfelt allegiances from "back home" is often a tricky proposition.
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Published on 3/1/2006
New Nukes
In Florida and the nation, nuclear power is poised for a comeback -- and so far no one seems to mind.
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Published on 3/1/2006
The '06 Agenda
In Jeb Bush's last session, the Legislature has billions to play with as it considers everything from tax cuts to land conversation.
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Published on 3/1/2006
Icon: Clyde Butcher
In the 20 years I've been walking around Big Cypress, I've never met another person. We go places where most men don't tread. There's no path.
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Published on 3/1/2006
Jeb's Legacy
Jeb Bush's record has established him as one of the most influential governors in Florida's modern history, but which of his initiatives will extend significantly beyond his eight years in office?
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Published on 3/1/2006
Class Acts
Among the cream of this year's graduating class are students who have succeeded both academically and outside the classroom.
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Published on 3/1/2006
Affordable Housing Challenge
Responses to the issue of affordable workforce housing range from community land trusts to individual efforts and regulatory relief.
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Published on 2/1/2006
Changes Bloomin'
Outback Steakhouse Inc. has new leadership in the executive suite. First on the menu: Revitalize the company's flagship restaurant chain.
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Published on 2/1/2006
Party Favors
Donations to federal officeholders in Florida political campaigns -- by the numbers.
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Published on 2/1/2006
Looking for Clarity
A report on the bottled water industry in Florida: In the early 1990s, only one small company pumped and bottled water inside the boundaries of the Suwannee River Water Management District.
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Published on 2/1/2006
Testing the Waters
The biggest difference between tap and bottled waters? Cost.
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Published on 2/1/2006
Swapping Water for Jobs
Tucked into a hardwood forest in rural Madison County in north Florida, Madison Blue Spring bubbles up into a limestone basin along the Withlacoochee River.
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Published on 2/1/2006
An Epidemic of Fat
The counties in Florida with the highest percentages of obese people tend to be rural and poor -- but more than half of all Floridians are either overweight or obese.
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Published on 2/1/2006
School Blues
The future of Florida's schools is playing out as much in the courtroom as in the classroom.
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Published on 2/1/2006
