JACKSONVILLE, Florida, May 17 -- The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida issued the following news release on May 16, 2025: * * * A.L. Lewis Black Opportunity & Impact Fund Distributes Small Grants Totaling $79,500 JACKSONVILLE, FL - May 16, 2025 - The A.L. Lewis Black Opportunity & Impact Fund has distributed a total of $79,500 in grants to 40 grassroots nonprofits, a collection of strategic investments designed to create transformational change in Jacksonville. As a collective givin  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. IF12608) on May 16, 2025, entitled "The Development of Federal Recommendations and Regulations for Fluoride in Drinking Water." The report is written by environmental policy analysts Elena H. Humphreys and Jerry H. Yen, health policy analyst Alexandria K. Mickler and legislative attorney Jason O. Heflin. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral present at s  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 -- The Florida Department of Education issued the following news release on May 16, 2025: * * * Citrus County Educator Named a 2026 Teacher of the Year Finalist Tallahassee, Fla., May 16, 2025 - Today, the Florida Department of Education announced Autumn Crabtree, a culinary arts teacher at Crystal River High School in Citrus County, as one of five finalists for 2026 Florida Teacher of the Year. The state finalists were chosen from 76 district teachers of the year  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 -- The Florida Department of Education issued the following news release on May 15, 2025: * * * Flagler County Educator Named a 2026 Teacher of the Year Finalist Tallahassee, Fla., May 15, 2025 - Today, the Florida Department of Education announced Brandy Nicole Anderson, a teacher at Indian Trails Middle School in Flagler County, as one of five finalists for the 2026 Florida Teacher of the Year. The state finalists were chosen from 76 district teachers of the yea  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 -- Florida Department of Commerce issued the following news release on May 16, 2025: * * * Florida Adds 21,800 Private Sector Jobs in April 2025 Florida economy ranked #1 for the second year in a row by U.S. News & World Report TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--Today, FloridaCommerce announced that Florida's total private sector employment increased by 21,800 (+0.2%) jobs from the previous month. Florida now has a $1.7 trillion economy--reinforcing Florida's position as an econ  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2025-195) on April 29, 2025, entitled "City of Pahokee - Marina and Campground Improvements and Repairs, Financial Reporting, and Selected Administrative Activities - Operational Audit." Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY This audit of the City of Pahokee (City) focused on selected practices, procedures, and activities, including those related to marina and campground improvements and repai  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2025-187) on April 10, 2025, entitled "Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Developmental Research School - Florida Education Finance Program - Attestation Examination." Here are excerpts: * * * Except for the material noncompliance described below involving teachers and reporting errors or records that were not properly or accurately prepared or were not available at the time of  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2025-186) on April 10, 2024, entitled "Glades County District School Board." Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY This operational audit of the Glades County School District (District) focused on selected District processes and administrative activities and included a follow-up on findings noted in our report No. 2022-156. Our operational audit disclosed the following: Finding 1: The Distric  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2025-190) on April 16, 2025, entitled "Hendry County District School Board - Operational Audit." Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY This operational audit of the Hendry County School District (District) focused on selected District processes and administrative activities and included a follow-up on findings noted in our report No. 2022-100. Our operational audit disclosed the following: Fi  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2025-192) on April 22, 2025, entitled "Hernando County District School Board - Florida Education Finance Program - Attestation Examination." Here are excerpts: * * * Except for the material noncompliance described below involving teachers and reporting errors or records that were not properly or accurately prepared or were not available at the time of our examination and could not be subse  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2025-194) on April 28, 2025, entitled "Hillsborough Community College - Financial Audit." Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY SUMMARY OF REPORT ON THE AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Our audit disclosed that the basic financial statements of Hillsborough Community College (a component unit of the State of Florida) were presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with prescri  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2025-193) on April 24, 2025, entitled "Indian River State College - Financial Audit." Here are excerpts: * * * Our audit disclosed that the basic financial statements of Indian River State College (a component unit of the State of Florida) were presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with prescribed financial reporting standards. SUMMARY OF REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL AND  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2025-188) on April 10, 2025, entitled "Lee County District School Board - Florida Education Finance Program - Attestation Examination." Here are excerpts: * * * Noncompliance related to the reported FTE student enrollment resulted in 150 findings. The resulting proposed net adjustment to the District's reported, unweighted FTE totaled negative 71.4395 (71.4270 applicable to District school  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2025-191) on April 17, 2025, entitled "Office of Financial Regulation - Regulation of Retail Installment Sales Entities - Operational Audit." Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY This operational audit of the Office of Financial Regulation (Office) focused on the regulation of retail installment sales entities. Our audit disclosed the following: Finding 1: Office controls over retail install  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2025-189) on April 16, 2025, entitled "Palm Beach State College - Workday Enterprise Cloud Applications - Information Technology Operational Audit." Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY This operational audit of Palm Beach State College (College) focused on evaluating selected College information technology (IT) controls applicable to Workday Enterprise Cloud Applications (Workday) and the Co  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2025-196) on May 12, 2025, entitled "St. Johns County District School Board - Florida Education Finance Program - Attestation Examination." Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY OF ATTESTATION EXAMINATION Except for the material noncompliance described below involving teachers and reporting errors or records that were not properly or accurately prepared or were not available at the time of our  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2025-197) on May 13, 2025, entitled "Suwannee County District School Board - Operational Audit." Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY This operational audit of the Suwannee County School District (District) focused on selected District processes and administrative activities and included a follow-up on findings noted in our report No. 2022-010. Our operational audit disclosed the following:   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 -- Florida Department of Commerce issued the following news release on May 16, 2025: * * * FloridaCommerce Announces Southwest Florida April 2025 Employment Data FloridaCommerce Announces Naples-Marco Island Metro Area Had the Fastest Over-the-Year Job Growth Rate in Manufacturing in April 2025 Among All Metro Areas NAPLES, Fla. -- Today, FloridaCommerce announced that the Naples-Marco Island metro area had the fastest over-the-year job growth rate in manufacturi  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 -- Florida Department of Commerce issued the following news release on May 16, 2025: * * * FloridaCommerce Announces the Fort Lauderdale Area April 2025 Employment Data FloridaCommerce Announces Fort Lauderdale Area Gained 5,800 Private Sector Jobs Over the Year in April 2025 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Today, FloridaCommerce announced that the Fort Lauderdale metro area gained 5,800 (+0.7%) private sector jobs over the year in April 2025. The area's labor force was  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 -- Florida Department of Commerce issued the following news release on May 16, 2025: * * * FloridaCommerce Announces the Jacksonville Area April 2025 Employment Data FloridaCommerce Announces Jacksonville Metro Area Gained 9,100 Private Sector Jobs Over the Year in April 2025 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --Today, FloridaCommerce announced that the Jacksonville metro area gained 9,100 (+1.3%) private sector jobs over the year in April 2025. The industry gaining the most job  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 -- Florida Department of Commerce issued the following news release on May 16, 2025: * * * FloridaCommerce Announces the Miami Area April 2025 Employment Data FloridaCommerce Announces Miami Metro Area Added 20,100 Private Sector Jobs Over the Year in April 2025; Second-Highest of All Metro Areas MIAMI, Fla. -- Today, FloridaCommerce announced the Miami metro area added 20,100 private sector jobs over the year in April 2025. The area gained the second-highest num  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 -- Florida Department of Commerce issued the following news release on May 16, 2025: * * * FloridaCommerce Announces the Orlando Area April 2025 Employment Data FloridaCommerce Announces Orlando Metro Area Gained the Highest Number of Private Sector Jobs Over the Year in April 2025 Among All Metro Areas ORLANDO, Fla. -- Today, FloridaCommerce announced the Orlando metro area gained the highest number of private sector jobs over the year in April 2025 among all me  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 -- Florida Department of Commerce issued the following news release on May 16, 2025: * * * FloridaCommerce Announces the Pensacola Area April 2025 Employment Data FloridaCommerce Announces Pensacola Metro Area Added 1,500 Private Sector Jobs Over the Year in April 2025 PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Today, FloridaCommerce announced the Pensacola metro area added 1,500 jobs (+0.9%) in the private sector over the year in April 2025. The industry gaining the most jobs over the   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 -- Florida Department of Commerce issued the following news release on May 16, 2025: * * * FloridaCommerce Announces the Tampa Area April 2025 Employment Data FloridaCommerce Announces Tampa Metro Area Private Sector Up 10,300 Jobs Over the Year in April 2025; Third-Highest of All Metro Areas TAMPA, Fla. -- Today, FloridaCommerce announced that the Tampa metro area added 10,300 jobs (+0.7%) in the private sector over the year in April 2025. The area gained the th  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 17 -- Florida Department of Commerce issued the following news release on May 16, 2025: * * * FloridaCommerce Announces the West Palm Beach Area April 2025 Employment Data FloridaCommerce Announces West Palm Beach Area Education and Health Services Sector Added 6,200 Jobs Over the Year in April 2025 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Today, FloridaCommerce announced that the West Palm Beach metro area education and health services sector added 6,200 jobs over the year in Apri  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Mike Haridopolos, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Haridopolos Introduces First Bill to Cut Red Tape for Small Businesses Seeking to Grow Congressman Mike Haridopolos (FL-08) introduced his first piece of legislation, H.R. 3343, The Greenlighting Growth Act. This bill will help small public companies by clarifying financial reporting requirements and removing outdated regulatory roadblocks to growth. The bill amends federal securities law to ensur  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Buchanan Joined ABC7 News to Discuss "One Big, Beautiful Bill" SARASOTA, Fla. -- Last night, Congressman Vern Buchanan, Vice Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, joined ABC 7 News to discuss the committee's tax package portion of President Trump's "One Big, Beautiful Bill" to provide permanent tax relief to working families, small businesses and seniors. Watch here. Related Pos  more

MIAMI, Florida, May 17 -- Miami International Airport issued the following news on May 16, 2025: * * * MIA modernization plan to install 41 jet bridge wheelchair lifts As part of its bold and ongoing transformation, Miami International Airport (MIA) will begin installing 41 jet bridge-mounted wheelchair lifts across all concourses next week. This vital accessibility upgrade - part of the airport's unprecedented $9 billion Future-Ready Modernization in Action (M.I.A.) Plan - will significantly  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 17 -- The Missouri Farm Bureau issued the following news release on May 15, 2025: * * * Missouri Passes SB 79, Authorizing Farm Bureau to Offer Health Coverage JEFFERSON CITY - - The Missouri House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 79 by a vote of 147-1 on Thursday afternoon, sending the bill to Governor Mike Kehoe's desk for final approval. The legislation will allow Missouri Farm Bureau (MOFB) to provide affordable, effective and reliable health coverage fo  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration's National Travel and Tourism Office issued the following news release: * * * Survey of International Air Travelers Results 2024 Q3 National Travel and Tourism Office Publishes 2024 Q3 Results of the Survey of International Air Travelers The National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) has published results of the Survey of International Air Travelers (SIAT) for the third quarter of 2024, covering both no  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The U.S. Senate conducted 14 committee hearings on May 14, 2025: * * * APPROPRIATIONS: EPA Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from Lee Zeldin, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency. * * * APPROPRIATIONS: SAA AND USCP Committee on Appropriations: Subc  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has published a notice confirming that the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and a funerary object under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The university identified the remains of at least two individuals and one associated funerary item--a small mammal mandible fragment--originating from an area described as "12 mile  more