May 1, 2024
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Freedom Week sales tax holiday on specific admissions and outdoor activity supplies July 1 - 7, 2022
The sales tax holiday begins on Friday, July 1, 2022, and ends on Thursday, July 7, 2022. During this sales tax holiday period, tax is not due on the retail...
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Published on 7/1/2022
Florida Narrows Student Achievement Gaps in New Assessment Results
Today, Florida Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz, Jr. announced the 2022 statewide assessment results for Mathematics and English Language Arts (ELA), which show African American students, students from economically disadvantaged families, and...
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Published on 6/29/2022
Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Bill to Expand Opportunities for Bright Futures Scholarship
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 461 to expand eligibility requirements for the Bright Futures Scholarship Program to include paid work experience as a substitute for service hours. This...
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Published on 6/29/2022
St. Pete Mayor Kenneth T. Welch announces Historic Gas Plant District RFP for Tropicana Field site redevelopment
St. Petersburg, FL — St. Pete Mayor Kenneth T. Welch announced Wednesday, June 29 that the city is canceling the RFP issued in July 2020 and launching a new RFP...
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Published on 6/29/2022
Be a hero for beach-nesting birds this holiday weekend
This Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) reminds beachgoers how to help protect vulnerable beach-nesting birds while enjoying Florida's coastal habitats this holiday weekend.
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Published on 6/29/2022
Update on the NIST Champlain Towers South Investigation
NIST is preparing to begin invasive testing of Champlain Towers South partial collapse.
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Published on 6/15/2022
First Horizon launches private wealth group with offices in Coral Gables and Miami
CORAL GABLES, FL — First Horizon Corporation announced the formation of the First Horizon Advisors South Florida Private Wealth Group. This group caters exclusively to high net worth clients providing...
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Published on 6/14/2022
Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Nearly $1.5 Million in Awards to Assist with Community Planning Projects
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced nearly $1.5 million in awards to assist Florida communities with community planning projects through the Community Planning Technical Assistance (CPTA) and the Rural Infrastructure...
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Published on 6/14/2022
Florida Trend receives 5 'Editorial Excellence' honors from the Alliance of Area Business Publishers
The Alliance of Area Business Publishers (AABP) presented its annual Editorial Excellence awards to newspaper and magazine business periodicals at the closing celebration of its three-day annual Summer Conference on June 11, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio.
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Published on 6/12/2022
NASA Selects UCF for $35 Million Mission to the Moon's Mysterious Gruithuisen Domes
ORLANDO, June 3, 2022 – NASA today tapped UCF’s dynamic duo, planetary scientists Kerri Donaldson Hanna and Adrienne Dove, to lead a $35 million science mission that will land a...
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Published on 6/3/2022
St. Petersburg Ranks in the Top 20 Best Cities for Summer Jobs
With summer approaching and the leisure and hospitality sectors gaining 78,000 jobs in April, the personal-finance website WalletHub took an in-depth look at 2022’s Best Places for Summer Jobs, as well...
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Published on 5/25/2022
Aegis Business Technologies Celebrates 25th Anniversary
25 years ago, Aegis Business Technologies (formerly Aegis Computer Services) was founded to create a company that provided technology support to the private sector here in North Florida. These were...
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Published on 5/25/2022
Playmaker announces acquisition of The Props Network
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Sports media and talent management brand, Playmaker is pleased to announce the acquisition of TPN Media Group, publisher of PropsHQ.com “The Props Network” and related assets,...
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Published on 5/25/2022
Groups Call on Florida Officials to Reverse Withdrawal from Youth Risk Behavior Survey
ORLANDO, Fla. - Thirty-eight organizations and 40 individuals from across the state today called on the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) to resume administration of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s)...
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Published on 5/25/2022
Delivery and Return Logistics Platform Veho Expands Last-Mile Package Solution to Florida
Veho, the customer-first logistics platform that powers next-day delivery for e-commerce brands, has expanded its premium last-mile delivery and returns solution into Florida, with facilities now in Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Orlando, with Tampa and Jacksonville set to open by...
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Published on 5/25/2022
Florida has the 2nd Highest Job Resignation Rate in the U.S.
With Americans quitting their jobs at record rates during the so-called “Great Resignation,” WalletHub today released its report on 2022’s States With the Highest Job Resignation Rates, along with accompanying videos, plus...
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Published on 5/19/2022
Christian Hardigree selected as next regional chancellor of University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (May 18, 2022) – University of South Florida President Rhea Law announced today that Christian Hardigree will be the next regional chancellor of the USF St. Petersburg campus. Hardigree,...
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Published on 5/18/2022
Fox Rock Foundation makes major gifts to manatee protection organizations
Fox Rock Foundation has announced million-dollar gifts to the Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida and Save the Manatee Club. Both are nonprofit organizations undertaking critical work to protect the...
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Published on 5/17/2022
Broward Educator Named 2023 Florida Teacher of the Year Finalist
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 17, 2022 – Today, the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) named Seema Naik, a fourth-grade teacher at Eagle Ridge Elementary School in Broward County, as a finalist for...
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Published on 5/17/2022
Saint Leo University President Receives Key to City of Tampa
ST. LEO, FL – Saint Leo University President Jeffrey D. Senese received the key to the City of Tampa on Friday, May 13. Senese accepted the key on behalf of...
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Published on 5/17/2022
A first: Scientists grow plants in soil from the Moon
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Scientists have grown plants in soil from the Moon, a first in human history and a milestone in lunar and space exploration.
In a new paper published...
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Published on 5/12/2022
Tampa Bay Times wins investigative reporting Pulitzer Prize for 'Poisoned' series about Tampa lead smelter
Tampa Bay Times reporters Corey G. Johnson, Rebecca Woolington and Eli Murray have won the Pulitzer Prize in the investigative reporting category for exposing dangers at a Tampa factory, the state’s...
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Published on 5/10/2022
Aquatic Scholar Eugenie Clark To Be Honored With Forever Stamp
What: The U.S. Postal Service will honor ichthyologist and oceanographer Eugenie Clark with a Forever stamp. The first-day-of-issue event will be held at the Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium in Sarasota,...
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Published on 5/3/2022
PODS® Announces 2021-22 Relocation Trends, Including Top 20 Destinations
PODS Enterprises, LLC, the industry leader in portable moving and storage solutions, today released its second annual relocation trends report. The company's analysis of customer moves, completed in 2021 through early 2022, identified the top 20 moving destinations over the last year.
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Published on 4/29/2022
Florida Chamber Foundation report lays out new blueprint for Florida manufacturing, logistics and trade growth
Florida's standing in the global economy – now the equivalent of Mexico at 15th with the potential to be bigger than 10th place South Korea by 2030 – could experience a transformational boost with continued focus and investment on manufacturing, logistics and trade infrastructure and operations, says a new report from the Florida Chamber Foundation...
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Published on 4/28/2022
