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Atlanta Fed President Bostic visits Red Bay for worksite tours, visits with business leaders
The Red Bay News - Alabama
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic, right, shares a lighthearted moment with moderator, Dr. Timmy James, during a forum for business and community leaders at the Weatherford Center in Red Bay, Ala., on Wednesday, Aug. 13,...
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’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...
3 Meeting Planners Share Their Top Florida Incentive Programs
Meetings Today
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Incentive groups are loyal to the sandy shores and sunny skies of Florida. The destination’s appeal may start with its warm weather, but it has other draws including accessibility, nearly half a million hotel rooms, world-renowned theme parks,...
Automotive Properties buys 7 auto businesses, ups distributions
Real Estate News Exchange (RENX)
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Automotive Properties REIT (APR-UN-T) is acquiring seven automotive dealership and collision centre properties, in Greater Montreal and in Orlando, Fla., for a total of $93.5 million, the trust announced today in its Q2 financial report. Six of...
Aaron Bean launches Northeast Florida tour highlighting impact of recent federal legislation
NE Florida News
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August 14, 2025
U.S. Congressman Aaron Bean, who represents Florida’s 4th district, has announced a two-week tour across Northeast Florida to highlight the effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill. The tour is scheduled to begin on August 18 and will include visits...
A debut crime thriller explores brotherhood and betrayal in 'Florida Palms'
WUSF - Florida
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August 15, 2025
It’s 2009, the height of the Great Recession and two friends in central Florida are fresh out of high school. With the economy in the dumps and options limited, teenagers Eddy and Cueball join a drug-running operation. That's the storyline of...
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...
Heat trade Haywood Highsmith to Nets, swap 2nd round picks
Local 10 - Florida
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August 15, 2025
MIAMI — The Miami Heat have traded forward Haywood Highsmith and a 2032 second-round draft pick to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for a protected 2026 second-round pick, the team announced Friday. Highsmith, 28, signed with Miami in 2021 and played...
Congratulations Boyles Tree Farm: 2025 Jon Gould Florida Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year
UF/IFAS
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August 15, 2025
By Joe Boyles, Boyles Tree Farm; Brian Cobble, Florida Forest Service; and Chris Demers, UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences All photos courtesy of Boyles Tree Farm Joe Boyles and grandson, Ian, in a new longleaf pine...
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,...
Playboy reveals plans to move HQ from California to Miami to shed itself of ‘anti-business’ regulations
The Independent (U.S.)
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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...
Avelo Airlines Adds Budget-Friendly Flights from Florida to North Carolina and Beyond Starting at $57
Saluda Standard Sentinel - South Carolina
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August 15, 2025
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA — Travelers looking for affordable ways to reach North Carolina now have new options thanks to Avelo Airlines, which just announced expanded routes connecting Florida with key destinations in the Southeast and Northeast. The...
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...
Why didn't Michigan football get a postseason ban? NCAA explains decision
Yahoo Sports
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For whatever hardship the NCAA’s penalty for the Connor 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...
Game on: Fall intramurals are back at Florida Tech
The Florida Tech Crimson
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With the fall semester back in full swing, intramural sports are making a comeback. Looking to make new friends or find ways to stay active this semester? Fall intramurals are a perfect opportunity to get involved on campus. The Intramural Office...
CBRE Arranges Sale of 304-Unit Multifamily Community in St. Petersburg, Florida
REBusinessOnline
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August 15, 2025
42ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Carillon Bay Apartments, a 304-unit, value-add multifamily complex located in St. Petersburg within the Gateway Business District. A Texas-based firm purchased the property for $37 million,...
Extreme Florida heat increasingly dangerous for maternal, infant health
WLRN - Florida
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August 15, 2025
This story was produced through a collaboration between The Tributary and Climate Central. Kelly Googe has a lot of stories from her 32 years as a doula coaching women through their pregnancies. But, especially in the summer, she returns to one...
Report: Heat, Nets Pull Off Surprising NBA Late-Offseason Trade
Newsweek
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August 15, 2025
The Miami Heat and Brooklyn Nets have come together on a surprising trade in the latter weeks of the NBA offseason. ESPN's Shams Charania has reported that the Heat have sent forward Haywood Highsmith and a 2032 second-round draft pick to the Nets...
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...