Sunday - May 24, 2026
News Tipoffs - Florida Editors Newsletter for Sunday May 24, 2026 ( 12 items )  

Alaska Acting A.G. Mills Joins Multistate Settlement With Fintech Companies GreenSky LLC and GreenSky Holdings LLC
JUNEAU, Alaska, May 23 -- Alaska Acting Attorney General Cori Mills issued the following news release on May 22, 2026: * * * Acting AG Mills Joins Multistate Settlement with Fintech Companies GreenSky, LLC and GreenSky Holdings, LLC (Anchorage, AK) - Today, Acting Attorney General Mills announced a multistate settlement with GreenSky, a fintech business which facilitates consumer loans. GreenSky authorized businesses, particularly home improvement and medical businesses, to offer financing th  more

AV Expands AV_Halo Platform With INSTINCT and DETECT to Enable Faster, Resilient Decision-Making at the Edge
MONROVIA, California, May 19 -- AeroVironment issued the following news release: * * * AV Expands AV_Halo(TM) Platform with INSTINCT and DETECT to Enable Faster, Resilient Decision-Making at the Edge Extending AV_Halo with distributed autonomy and resilient RF sensing to enable faster decisions and mission execution in denied environments * AeroVironment, Inc. ("AV") (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global defense technology leader, today announced the two latest additions to its AV_Halo(TM) unified miss  more

CAIR and CAIR-FL Join Global Coalition Demanding Justice for Sayfollah Musallet and Americans Killed by Israeli Settlers Violence
WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release on May 22, 2026: * * * CAIR and CAIR-FL Join Global Coalition Demanding Justice for Sayfollah Musallet and Americans Killed by Israeli Settlers Violence CAIR and the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR and CAIR-Florida) today joined a diverse global coalition of over 70 global, national, and local faith and human rights groups urging U.S. officials to hold perpetrat  more

CAIR-FL Commends Rep. Castor, 25 Other U.S. Reps Calling for Justice for FL Resident, Other Americans Killed by Settler Violence in West Bank
WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release on May 21, 2026: * * * CAIR-FL Commends Rep. Castor, 25 Other U.S. Reps Calling for Justice for FL Resident, Other Americans Killed by Settler Violence in West Bank The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida) today commends U.S. Representative Kathy Castor (D-FL) for leading a congressional letter addressed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Acting Attorney Gen  more

CAIR-Florida Condemns Racist Vandalism Targeting Historic Ocala AME Church, Welcomes Federal and State Hate Crime Probe
WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release on May 22, 2026: * * * CAIR-Florida Condemns Racist Vandalism Targeting Historic Ocala AME Church, Welcomes Federal and State Hate Crime Probe The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida), the state's largest Muslim civil rights organization, today strongly condemned the racist vandalism targeting the historic St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in  more

Crapo, Risch Join Call for Investigation into Unfair Sugar Trade Practices
WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo, Risch Join Call for Investigation into Unfair Sugar Trade Practices * Washington, D.C.- Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee Jim Risch (R-Idaho) signed a bipartisan, bicameral letter in support of efforts by U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer to initiate a Section 301 investigation into unfair and discriminatory   more

East Carolina University: Grant Expands Access to Teacher Licensure, Graduate Education
GREENVILLE, North Carolina, May 23 -- East Carolina University issued the following news release: * * * Grant expands access to teacher licensure, graduate education The East Carolina University College of Education will expand access to teacher licensure and graduate education through the Kenan Residency to Master's Fellows (R2M) program with support of a $500,000 grant from the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust. The R2M program is an accelerated, cohort-based pathway for residency teac  more

Miami-Dade County Public Schools Awarded $70,000 to Support Healthier and More Efficient School Operations
MIAMI, Florida, May 23 -- Miami-Dade County Public Schools issued the following news release: * * * Miami-Dade County Public Schools Awarded $70,000 to Support Healthier and More Efficient School Operations Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) secured two grants totaling $70,000 to improve indoor air quality in classrooms and strengthen recycling efforts at schools. "These grants reflect our commitment to creating healthier, more efficient learning environments across all our schools,"   more

Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 5/15/2026-5/22/2026
WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 5/15/2026-5/22/2026 * Offering Amendments to Combat Trump's Budget Reconciliation Package [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - During the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee's consideration of the Trump Administration's budget reconciliation package this week, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) offered an amendment to prevent President Donald T  more

U.S. Blockade of Iran Reaches Milestone of Redirecting 100 Ships
TAMPA, Florida, May 23 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Blockade of Iran Reaches Milestone of Redirecting 100 Ships * TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces reached the milestone of redirecting 100 commercial vessels, May 23, while enforcing a maritime blockade against Iran. American forces began implementing the blockade April 13 against commercial ships entering and exiting Iranian ports, in accordance with a presidential proclamation  more

Virginia Military Institute: Abdelhamid Selected as Nielsen Center Fellow
LEXINGTON, Virginia, May 22 -- Virginia Military Institute issued the following news: * * * Abdelhamid Selected as Nielsen Center Fellow Sherif Abdelhamid, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences and team member of the Cyber Defense Lab at Virginia Military Institute, has been selected as a 2026-27 Nielsen Center fellow, a prestigious national fellowship awarded by the Nielsen Center for the Liberal Arts at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida.   more

W.Va. A.G. McCuskey to Supreme Court: One City Cannot Set Energy Policy for the Whole Country
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 23 -- West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release on May 22, 2026: * * * AG McCuskey to Supreme Court: One City Cannot Set Energy Policy for the Whole Country Attorney General JB McCuskey is standing up for West Virginia's energy workers and states' rights in an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court. In the brief, West Virginia, Alabama and a 24-state coalition, are urging the Court to throw out a lawsuit brought by Boulder  more