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Florida boosts funding for farm-to-food bank partnership in response to federal cuts
WUSF - Florida
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August 15, 2025
Florida is investing in a program that will help local farmers and hungry families. This year, lawmakers allocated $38 million toward Farmers Feeding Florida, a new statewide initiative to expand an existing food purchase program between local...
Florida groups concerned about potential end to Affordable Care Act tax credits
WFSU Public Media - Florida
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August 15, 2025
Millette Haas, a Florida resident who is in cancer treatment, is concerned that Affordable Care Act tax credits may be going away. “Those tax credits saved me total $3,000 out-of-pocket I don't have to pay and I'm on a fixed income,” she said....
Florida’s Gold Coast tech accelerator: Skipping the Silicon Valley game
CBS 12 - Florida
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Forget Silicon Valley. Florida wants its own tech boom—without the California headaches. Today, the Florida Council of 100—a group of the state’s most powerful CEOs—launched the Gold Coast Tech Accelerator. The...
Florida, Maine Lawmakers Intro ‘Secure Trade Act’ To Strengthen U.S. Industries
The Free Press - Tampa - Florida
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August 15, 2025
Bipartisan bill introduces a 10% universal tariff and new measures to counteract Chinese trade manipulation and safeguard U.S. manufacturing. In a bipartisan effort to fortify American manufacturing and counter foreign trade manipulation,...
Florida’s school year begins amid voucher expansion effects
Miami's Community Newspapers - Florida
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August 15, 2025
This story was originally produced by WLRN, South Florida’s only public radio station at 91.3 FM, as part of a content sharing partnership with Miami’s Community News. Read more at WLRN.org. The school year has started for many Florida kids. As...
Florida activists boycotting Chevron for their role in fueling war in Gaza
WMNF - Florida
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August 15, 2025
Pinellas Democratic Socialists of America boycotting Chevron =. By: Josh Holton (08/14/2025) As growing international condemnation swells around Israel’s 22-month-long offensive in Palestine, calls for an end to the bombing and starvation of the...
Florida legend Tim Tebow included on AP's 100th anniversary all-time All-America Team
Yahoo Sports
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For whatever hardship the NCAA’s penalty for the Conor Stalions saga will cause the University of Michigan — a few new T-shirt slogans in Columbus, some slightly postponed redecorations to a couple stadium luxury suites — the larger truth is this:...
Florida mom ‘lucky to be alive’ after miscarrying due to raw milk consumption, she says in lawsuit
The Independent
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August 15, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Gov. DeSantis has approved plans for 'Deportation Depot' in north Florida
WFSU Public Media - Florida
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August 15, 2025
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility dubbed "Deportation Depot" at a state prison in north Florida, as a federal judge decides the fate of the state's holding center for...
Florida's school year begins amid voucher expansion effects
WLRN - Florida
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August 15, 2025
The school year has started for many Florida kids. As more students use vouchers, the education system is quickly changing. All Florida parents are eligible for public funds to help pay for nonpublic education since lawmakers have dramatically...
Florida Man Trades Ferrari F40 for Ineos Grenadier and $2.4M
The Drive
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August 15, 2025
While I’ve never been to one, I can imagine that a salesperson at an Ineos showroom isn’t the busiest salesperson in the world. As a result, the sales rep who recently took in a Ferrari F40 on trade for an Ineos Grenadier probably saw the iconic...
Column: Say no to oil drilling on Florida’s coast
Tampa Bay Newspapers INC - Florida
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There is a threat that looms over Florida right now, one that could shut down our coastal businesses and jeopardize our national security preparedness. We are talking, of course, about dangerous and deadly oil spills. And these toxic oil spills...
South Florida’s Small Businesses Are Struggling — And Washington’s Making It Worse
Miami's Community Newspapers - Florida
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August 15, 2025
July’s jobs report confirmed what many Miami businesses already know: the economy is slowing down — and South Florida is feeling the impact. Across our region, businesses of all sizes are being pushed to the edge. Supply chains are strained. Costs...
Good buzz: On National Honey Bee Day Florida beekeepers thriving
WGCU - Florida
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August 15, 2025
Cat Wofford/UF/IFAS Photo by Cat Wofford / UF/IFAS Communications Dr. Jamie Ellis (left), Dr. Andra Johnson (center), and Amy Vu (right) at the UF/IFAS Honey Bee Research and Extension Labratory. Photo taken 07-27-23. As National Honey Bee Day...
Poll: North Dakota voters back tariffs, mixed on impacts of Trump trade policies
The Jamestown Sun - North Dakota
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August 15, 2025
BISMARCK — Most North Dakotans support the use of tariffs as part of trade policy, but responses were mixed regarding how President Donald Trump is handling trade and whether the impacts of tariffs will hit them personally, results of the latest...
Helene-hit small businesses, nonprofits face loan deadline
11 Alive - Georgia
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The deadline to apply for US Small Business Administration's low-interest loans is Sept. 15. These loans will help offset economic losses caused by Helene. ATLANTA — Small business owners and those in private nonprofit organizations affected by...
David Cranston: Florida must choose its next utility regulators wisely
Florida Politics
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August 15, 2025
In the past 3 years, electricity rates have skyrocketed in Florida. With bigger hikes on the horizon, the stakes for Gov. Ron DeSantis’ nomination to Florida’s Public Service Commission (PSC) couldn’t be higher. Florida’s PSC oversees utility...
"Detention Depot" to open in shuttered North Florida prison, DeSantis says
CBS 4 Miami - Florida
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Amid legal wrangling over a "Alligator Alcatraz," controversial center in South Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday said the state plans to use a shuttered prison in North Florida to boost detention of people targeted for deportation. The...
Apartment renting is so hot in Fort Lauderdale, city gets No. 1 ranking in Florida
South Florida Sun Sentinel
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August 15, 2025
Fort Lauderdale could become Florida’s most-desired city for renters, even surpassing Miami, according to new data. RentCafe recently released a report that found Fort Lauderdale’s Renter Engagement Tracker —or REnT — score is more than 70, making...
Looking for festival fun? Here are 5 South Florida events happening in August
South Florida Sun Sentinel
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August 15, 2025
One of the best things about South Florida is that our subtropical climate means that we can have festival fun just about all year long. Here is a list of celebrations for August. And keep coming back to this post because we’ll continue to add...