TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 28 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody, along with a 20-state coalition of state attorneys general, is strongly urging the United States Senate to pass the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, or the ICC Act. The legislation, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives on a bipartisan basis, deters the International Criminal Court from further efforts to assert unlawful authority. Attorney Gen  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 29 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody's Office of Statewide Prosecution today announced the shutdown of a fentanyl trafficking ring. The Polk County Sheriff's Office and Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested 64 individuals involved in the trafficking organization and Attorney General Moody's Statewide Prosecutors are charging nine of the defendants with felony counts of Ra  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 29 -- The Florida Department of Financial Services issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: Today, Florida Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis announced the appointment of D. Ryan West to the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (FIGA) Board of Directors. FIGA is a nonprofit corporation created by the Florida Legislature in 1970 and services pending claims by or against Florida policyholders of member insurance companies that become insolvent and  more

HOLLYWOOD, Florida, June 28 -- Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, issued the following news on June 27, 2024: Chyno y Nacho's "Eternos Tour" is coming to Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood Saturday, Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 28 at 10 a.m. and start at $64.99. Fans can access the venue presale Thursday, June 27 at 11 a.m. through Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood's Facebook, X and Instagram. All s  more

NEW PORT RICHEY, Florida, June 28 -- Pasco-Hernando State College issued the following news release: Daniel Powell, Ph.D., and Steven Wasilefsky officially begin their tenure with Pasco-Hernando State College as part of the President's Administrative Leadership Team. Powell joins the college as vice president of academic affairs and chief academic officer, and Wasilefsky as the associate vice president of facilities administration. Powell recently served as the vice president of academic succe  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 29 -- The Florida Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Internal Investigations Section is undergoing assessment to retain accreditation by the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation (CFA). The assessment, which is required every three years, will review the OIG's compliance with approximately 49 standards. A team of assessors   more

MIAMI, Florida, June 29 (TNSres) -- Florida International University, a component of the public university system in Florida, issued the following news: By Maydel Santana The Florida Board of Governors has designated FIU a Preeminent State Research University, based on the strength of its academics and research. FIU is the youngest institution to join the elite group. Introduced into Florida law in 2013, the Florida Preeminence program elevates and rewards the state's highest-performing publi  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 28 -- The Florida Auditor General released the following operational audit (No. 2024-203) on June 25, 2024, involving Escambia County Board of County Commissioners Use of Tourist Development Taxes, Prior Audit Follow-Up. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY In our operational audit report No. 2023-112 of the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) and Clerk of the Circuit Court, we noted three findings related to the BCC's use of tourist development tax rev  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 28 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Christine Miller to the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners. Christine Miller Miller is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce. Previously, she served as the Executive Director of the United Food Bank and Services of Plant City, Inc. Miller earned her bachelor'  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 28 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed the following bills: HB 799 - Easements Affecting Real Property Owned by the Same Owner CS/CS/HB 1063 - Chiropractic Medicine SB 674 - United States-produced Iron and Steel in Public Works Projects To view the transmittal letters, click here (https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/House-Transmittal-6-26-24.pdf) and here (https://www  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 28 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: Today, Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed the following bills: CS/HB 133 - Professional Licensing Requirements for Barbers and Cosmetologists CS/CS/HB 473 - Cybersecurity Incident Liability CS/CS/SB 165 - Sampling of beach Waters and Public Bathing Spaces SB 1078 - Public Records To view the veto letters, click here (https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Veto-Letter_HB-13  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 29 -- The Florida State Senate posted the following statement on June 28, 2024, from State Sen. Lauren Book: * * * Last night, Governor DeSantis signed HB 91/SB 84, designating A1A as Jimmy Buffet Memorial Highway. Senator Lauren Book, sponsor of this legislation, provided the following statement: "Jimmy Buffett's name is synonymous with Florida and the iconic road known as 1A, and I am so proud to honor his legacy through the iconic Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway.   more

ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida, June 29 -- Flagler College issued the following news: By Anna Boone With recent student journalism awards fresh on their minds, incoming co-editors to The Flagler College Gargoyle are eager to continue the student newspaper's successful track-record and expand the publication's impact. "Looking ahead to my leadership role this year, I really want to highlight the diverse opportunities at the Gargoyle," Chloe Smith, incoming co-editor, said. "It's not just writing; the  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 29 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following weekly briefing (Vol. 6, Issue 25): This week, our Office of Statewide Prosecution announced the arrest of six fraudsters for stealing nearly $250,000 from Florida seniors through grandparent scams. The defendants contacted seniors posing as lawyers or legal representatives of one of the victim's grandchildren. The fraudsters told the targets that the grandchildren needed bail money after being arrested  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 28 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following news on June 26, 2024: Yesterday, the American Journal again exposed Rick Scott's desperate attempts to cover up his attacks on contraception and IVF treatment. Here are the facts: Rick Scott is spending millions to lie about voting against bipartisan legislation to protect access to contraception and IVF treatment. Click here (https://americanjournalnews.com/sen-rick-scott-promises-to-protect-ivf-his-voting-rec  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 28 -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Lauren Schoenberger Javier Borges, an alumnus of Florida State University, will make history as the first Hispanic chair of the FSU Alumni Association's board of directors, effective July 1. With more than 20% of FSU's student population being Hispanic, this milestone aligns with the university's trajectory toward becoming a Hispanic-serving institution. "I am deeply moved to be the first Hispanic alumni   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 28 -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Hillary Speed Florida State University's success in coaching college students to thrive, helping to fuel record retention rates, has attracted national attention and brought in hundreds of people over the years to learn from FSU's experts on the subject. FSU's Advising First Center for College Life Coaching hosted its eighth annual College Life Coaching Institute in early June. The event attracted professi  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 29 -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Suzan Kurdak Florida State University has hired a new assistant vice president for Career Services to bring career preparation efforts to new heights, furthering partnerships with academic deans, institutional research and industry while also innovating career services efforts. Rob Liddell, former executive director at the Center for Career and Leadership Development at the University of Tennessee at Chatt  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 29 -- Florida State University issued the following Faculty and Staff Briefs for June on June 28, 2024: Florida State University's faculty and staff are central to its mission and the key to its countless accomplishments. Throughout the year, honors and recognitions are awarded to individual faculty and staff members across campus. Faculty and Staff Briefs are produced monthly to recognize accomplishments and provide a space where honors, awards, bylines, presentatio  more

KISSIMMEE, Florida, June 29 -- The Florida Department of Transportation issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: * * * I-4 Auxiliary Lanes to be Further Accelerated and Provide Congestion Relief Even Sooner * * * In case you missed it this week, Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) announced congestion relief will be felt by Floridians and tourists along the Interstate 4 (I-4) corridor by the end of 2025 as a result of innovation and additional  more

ORLANDO, Florida, June 29 -- Minot State University issued the following news release: The Minot State University chapter of Future Business Leaders of America -- Collegiate attended the 2024 National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida, from June 24 to 27. Nearly 1,000 collegiate students from across the country attended. The opening session on June 24 recognized Minot State's Mason Lemer as a North Dakota Who's Who recipient and Minot State Assistant Professor in Business Information   more

TAMPA, Florida, June 29 (TNSres) -- Moffitt Cancer Center issued the following news release: Withanolides, a class of naturally occurring compounds found in plants, have long been a focus of cancer research due to their ability to inhibit cancer cell growth, induce cell death and prevent metastasis. These compounds are important in developing new cancer treatments. However, the difficulty of obtaining enough of these compounds from plants has hindered research and therapeutic development. Moff  more

MERCED, California, June 29 (TNSres) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: By Patty Guerra, UC Merced Agriculture is in a time of daunting challenge: The world's population is growing and climate change is impacting every area of the food supply chain. Researchers from across the country who are working to address that challenge met at UC Merced this week. They are part of the Internet of Things for Ag, a National Science Foundation-funded research center uniting t  more

ORLANDO, Florida, June 28 -- The Disney Cruise Lines issued the following news release: * * * Disney Cruise Line reveals first-ever "The Aristocats"-themed venue, new "Guardians of the Galaxy" dinner offering and "Coco"-inspired menu items coming to the Disney Treasure * * * Heartwarming Disney adventures will flavor several new dining experiences onboard the Disney Treasure when it sets sail in Dec. 2024. From an adult lounge themed to "The Aristocats" and a heartwarming "Guardians of the G  more

SARASOTA, Florida, June 29 -- The University of South Florida's Sarasota-Manatee campus issued the following news: Within weeks since its announcement, USF's Office of Corporate Training and Professional Education's Information Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance certificate program received nearly 4,200 applications. With this enthusiastic response, it's clear there is a high demand for cybersecurity training. Program availability: Priority admission will be offered to 250 Sarasota and  more

ORLANDO, Florida, June 28 -- The Florida State Senate issued the following news release: Following the Governor's veto of HB 133, Senator Linda Stewart (D - Orlando) expressed her deep disappointment over the veto of the bill aimed at providing much-needed assistance to non-violent offenders. The bill on licensure for barbers and cosmetology specialists, unanimously supported by the legislature (31-0 Senate and 114-0 House), would have prevented the Florida Board of Cosmetology from using histo  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 29 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Amanda Norvelle Imagine receiving a packet of difficult coding problems that must be quickly solved with a computer you share with two other people. This scenario is what Mark Sturtevant, Vidith Madhu, and Siqi Guo have trained for. Sturtevant, Madhu, and Guo, graduate students in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, form the programming team FINALB0SS. They competed   more

NEW YORK, June 29 -- Troutman Pepper, a law firm, issued the following news: Troutman Pepper client Quarterra Multifamily, a premier multifamily real estate development and operating company, has sold a portfolio of 18 multifamily assets to KKR, a leading global investment firm, for approximately $2.1 billion. Read KKR's press release about the transaction. The recently built, Class A portfolio consists of over 5,200 units concentrated primarily in growing coastal and sunbelt markets including  more

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, June 28 -- Lockheed Martin issued the following news release: Two of the U.S. Army's T901 Improved Turbine Engines (ITE) arrived at Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), signaling a new phase of Black Hawk(R) helicopter modernization efforts. The T901 engine, which is manufactured by GE Aerospace, will increase the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter's performance, including lift capability and range, providing Army commanders more options for planning and executin  more

MIAMI, Florida, June 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: By Debby Teich Maria Abreu, M.D., a renowned physician-scientist at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and director of the Crohn's and Colitis Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, received a prestigious grant from the V Foundation to advance her innovative work on colorectal cancer (CRC). The award accompanies climbing CRC rates. The disease is a leadin  more

MIAMI, Florida, June 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: By Joey Garcia After 20 years of studying infectious and autoimmune diseases, Alejandro Villarino, Ph.D., wanted a change. Dr. Villarino shifted his career focus to oncology research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where he is an assistant professor of microbiology and immunology. His achievements in the field h  more

MIAMI, Florida, June 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: By Charlotte Schubert The advent of immunotherapy has made a big difference in the lives of many patients with blood cancers and some solid tumor types, like melanoma and lung cancer. But one particularly lethal type of cancer is poorly responsive to immunotherapy, as well as a host of other treatments -- pancreatic cancer. Only about 13% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cance  more

MIAMI, Florida, June 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: By Louis Greenstein When it comes to treating lymphoma, you can never have too much of a good thing. That's the underlying philosophy behind an ongoing clinical trial for which Jay Spiegel, M.D., received a $200,000, two-year grant from the V Foundation. Dr. Spiegel is a cancer hematologist and transplant and cellular therapy physician in the Division of Transplant and Cellular   more

CORAL GABLES, Florida, June 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Miami's School of Nursing and Health Studies issued the following news: * * * SONHS celebrates National Pride Month with an update on studies aimed at advancing equity and improving health outcomes throughout the LGBTQ+ community. * * * By Robin Shear National Pride Month takes place each June to recognize the rights, culture, and contributions of individuals who identify as LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and   more