Monday - September 1, 2025
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Florida Newsletter for Tuesday August 12, 2025 ( 9 items )  

AFSOC Demonstrates Flexible Force Presentation During EW 25.2
HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news: * * * AFSOC demonstrates flexible force presentation during EW 25.2 By Senior Airman Thomas Hansford, Air Force Special Operations Command The hum of an MC-130J Commando II's engines rattles through the fuselage of the aircraft. A line of Special Tactics Airmen stand before the cargo door, each of them equipped with a combat loadout and a large, packed parachute. The ramp opens, the l  more

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship Returns to Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, Sept. 12
HOLLYWOOD, Florida, Aug. 11 -- Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, issued the following news: * * * Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship Returns to Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, Sept. 12 * Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), the World's Fastest Growing Combat Sports Promotion, returns to Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood with BKFC-80, Friday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. BKFC-80 marks the promotions'   more

CBO Issues Cost Estimate for Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate for the Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act (S. 673). * * * S. 673 would amend the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act to add the Osceola Camp, a tract of land in the Everglades National Park in Florida, to the federally reserved area for the Miccosukee Tribe. Under the bill, the Osceola Camp would be subject to the tribe's rights, responsibilities, and restrictions. The bill also would require the Departmen  more

Donalds Releases Statement On The Passing Of Conservative Colombian Presidential Candidate Miguel Uribe
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Donalds Releases Statement On The Passing Of Conservative Colombian Presidential Candidate Miguel Uribe * WASHINGTON - Conservative Colombian Senator and Presidential Candidate Miguel Uribe has passed away after months of battling gunshot wounds suffered during an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in the nation's capital of Bogota. According to reports, the 39 year-old passed away this mo  more

Donalds Stands With President Trump And Cabinet Officials: Work To Make Our Nation's Capital Safe Again Begins
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Donalds Stands With President Trump And Cabinet Officials: Work To Make Our Nation's Capital Safe Again Begins * WASHINGTON - This morning, President Donald Trump took sweeping action to make our nation's capital safe again. President Trump first signed a Presidential Memorandum to restore law and order in the District of Columbia. The Memorandum directs Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to mobil  more

Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation Secures $91M in Construction Financing for Two Multifamily Projects in Southwest Florida
ENCINO, California, Aug. 12 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release: * * * Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation Secures $91M in Construction Financing for Two Multifamily Projects in Southwest Florida NAPLES, Fla., Aug. 11, 2025 - Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation (MMCC), a leading provider of commercial real estate capital markets financing solutions, has arranged $91.4 million in financing for the construction of two multifamily assets in Naples, Florida: Vintana at  more

Marcus & Millichap Exclusively Lists Gulf Coast Florida Multi-Tenant Retail Center for Sale
ENCINO, California, Aug. 12 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release: * * * Marcus & Millichap Exclusively Lists Gulf Coast Florida Multi-Tenant Retail Center for Sale FORT MYERS, Fla., Aug. 11, 2025 - Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced today the exclusive listing for sale of Page Plaza, a 95,356-square-foot multi-tenant retail center with two fr  more

Moskowitz Leads More Than 70 Colleagues Urging Transparency from FEMA's Nonprofit Security Grant Program for Florida Houses of Worship
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Moskowitz Leads More Than 70 Colleagues Urging Transparency from FEMA's Nonprofit Security Grant Program for Florida Houses of Worship * WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23) led more than seventy of his colleagues urging the Trump Administration to reinstate longstanding information-sharing around the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). Administered by the Federal Emergenc  more

UM Miller School of Medicine: Sylvester Researcher is a National Leader in Understanding Nutrition's Key Role in Cancer Treatments
MIAMI, Florida, Aug. 12 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Sylvester Researcher is a National Leader in Understanding Nutrition's Key Role in Cancer Treatments By Richard Westlund Summary * Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center's Tracy Crane, Ph.D., RDN, is a national leader in advancing research on nutrition's impact on cancer patients before, during and after treatment. * Dr. Crane chairs the Exercise and Nutrition Interventions to Impro  more