LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida, May 25 -- Disney World issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: "Disney Dreams That Soar presented by AT&T," the newest nighttime entertainment at Walt Disney World Resort, officially made its debut Friday night in the skies above Disney Springs. Running May 24 to September 2, this innovative drone show combines technology and storytelling to offer a larger-than-life viewing experience for the summer. The new, limited-time show uses 800 cutting-edge drones   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 25 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody's Office of Statewide Prosecution is charging a Pembroke Pines woman with two counts of human trafficking. According to a Pembroke Pines Police Department investigation, Elise Mizrachi recruited multiple women addicted to heroin and fentanyl and forced the victims into sex work, taking most if not all of the profits. Mizrachi controlled the victims by supplying   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 25 (TNSres) -- The Florida Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: To celebrate Earth Day 2024, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) hosted a poster contest for students in the 4th through 12th grades. Students were invited to design a poster that encourages environmental awareness using DEP's Earth Day theme, "Clean is Green: Preserving Florida's Future." A finalist in each age group (4th - 5th grades, 6th - 8th g  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 25 -- The Florida Public Service Commission issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) will hold customer service hearings on Tuesday, June 11; Wednesday, June 12; and Tuesday, June 18, for Duke Energy Florida, LLC (DEF) customers. In April, DEF filed a petition with the PSC for a rate increase. Service hearings allow DEF's customers to provide public comments on its rate request and its quality of service. The Commi  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 25 -- The Florida Public Service Commission issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) will hold customer service hearings on Monday, June 10; Tuesday, June 11; and Thursday, June 13, for Tampa Electric Company (TECO) customers. In April, TECO filed a petition with the PSC for a rate increase. Service hearings allow TECO's customers to provide public comments on its rate request and its quality of service. The Commis  more

MIAMI, Florida, May 24 -- Miami Dade College issued the following news release: Miami Dade College's (MDC) acclaimed Miami Book Fair (MBF), in collaboration with The National Poetry Series, is accepting submissions for the coveted 2024 Paz Prize for Poetry. The deadline to submit is June 15, 2024. Named in honor of the late Nobel Prize-winning poet, Octavio Paz, the award recognizes a previously unpublished poetry book written in Spanish by a poet residing in the U.S. The Prize recognizes book  more

MIAMI, Florida, May 25 -- The Miami-Dade County government issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: On Wednesday, May 29, 2024, the Citizens' Independent Transportation Trust (CITT) will hold its May 2024 Full Trust meeting. The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. in the Miami-Dade County Commission Chambers on the second floor of the Stephen P. Clark Government Center at 111 N.W. First St., Miami, Florida, 33132. The meeting will be broadcast live on Miami-Dade Television and via webcas  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 24 -- The University of Phoenix issued the following news release: By Sharla Hooper University of Phoenix is pleased to announce that Avinash Tripathi, vice president of analytics, has been named the 7th most influential person in data in the US by DataIQ at the 2024 DataIQ 100 US event on May 20 in Miami, Florida. The DataIQ 100 presents the leading minds in data and analytics across the US - the first and only fully curated power list of the most influential data and a  more

SARASOTA, Florida, May 24 -- The University of South Florida's Sarasota-Manatee campus issued the following news: By Marc R. Masferrer, University Communications and Marketing USF Sarasota-Manatee's pioneering Bloomberg Lab, which has given finance students an invaluable edge as they enter the workforce, is getting a makeover this summer, complete with 12 new Bloomberg Terminals, a new scrolling stock ticker and other enhancements. Meanwhile, the Muma College of Business is preparing to open a  more

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, May 25 -- The city of West Palm Beach issued the following news: Recently, while accepting the Housing Hero Award at the Housing Leadership Council of Palm Beach County's 2nd Annual Housing Hero Luncheon and Award Ceremony, Mayor Keith A. James set unprecedented housing affordability goals. "By the end of my current and last term as Mayor, the City of West Palm Beach will have completed or have under development at least 1,400 units of affordable or workforce housing,"  more