CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 11 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2025: * * * Duke Energy's smart, self-healing technology helps keep the lights on for Florida customers * The company's investment has helped avoid more than 950,000 extended power outages and save nearly 6.3 million hours of outages for customers since January 2024 Editor's Note: Photos and b-roll of self-healing technology installation can be downloaded here. For county-specific data related t  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 11 -- Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas issued the following news on Sept. 10, 2025: * * * Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas Awards $14.6 Million to Expand Prepapprenticeship and Apprenticeship Opportunities in Florida Today, Florida Department of Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas awarded $14.6 million through the Pathways to Career Opportunities Grant (PCOG) to fund 34 entities to start, expand or operate registered apprentice  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 11 -- Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas issued the following news on Sept. 10, 2025: * * * Florida Invests Over $1.6 Million to Build a Strong Teacher Pipeline Today, Florida's Commissioner of Education, Anastasios Kamoutsas, announced a major investment in Florida's future teachers. With an additional $1.6 million awarded through the Pathways to Career Opportunities Grow Your Own Teacher Grant (PCOG GYO), the state's total allocation to this prog  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 11 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * FSU researchers receive $2.3 million National Science Foundation grant to strengthen wildfire management in hurricane-prone areas Florida State University researchers have received a $2.3 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop artificial intelligence tools that will help manage wildfires fueled by hurricanes in the Florida Panhandle. The four-year project will be led by Yushun Don  more

HOLLYWOOD, Florida, Sept. 10 -- Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, issued the following news: * * * Inaugural Rock The Climb 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb to Honor Heroes at The Guitar Hotel at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood * WHAT: The Firefighters Benevolent of Davie, in partnership with Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, presents the inaugural " Rock The Climb " 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at The Guitar Hotel. This powerful tribute   more

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 [Category: BizTelecommunications] -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: * * * Tampa Police Department launches "Connected Officer" program with Verizon Frontline * TAMPA, FLORIDA \- Verizon Frontline today announced the deployment and activation of more than 950 5G Ultra Wideband (UW)-enabled smartphones as part of a mission-critical communications upgrade for the Tampa Police Department (PD). The new devices su  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Uh oh! Moskowitz is taking heat from both sides * Least Effective Florida Democrat Jared Moskowitz said he's ready to abandon his constituents and weigh running for Senate if "set free from my district," and his primary challenger pounced on his comments. And we couldn't agree more with Oliver Larkin's sentiment. Moskowitz consistently votes out of touch with his district (when he actua  more

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 11 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Podcast: Breaking the Silence Around Cancer and Firefighters Firefighters sprint into dangerous situations to protect their communities. But what happens when the very act of helping others puts their own lives at risk? On the latest episode of "Inside U Miami Medicine," Alberto Caban-Martinez, D.O., Ph.D., M.P.H., and Erin Kobetz, Ph.D., M.P.H., leaders of the Sylvester Firefighter  more