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Staff ReportsOctober 25, 2018

Billed as the “fourth largest in U.S. lottery history,” the jackpot for Saturday’s Powerball drawing has reached an estimated $750 million, the Florida Lottery announced Thursday. The jackpot “has rolled 21 times since Aug. 15, generating more than $42.1 million in contributions to the state’s Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF),” the Lottery said in a […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 24, 2018

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Florida’s Democratic candidate for Governor is conveying to voters some of the finer details of his plan for the state’s economy. A new television ad from the Andrew Gillum campaign spells out the candidate’s promised focus on alternative career preparation for high school students who do not want to or cannot go to college. “As […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 18, 2018

Florida Polytechnic University students in Lakeland are learning how to be the bad guy hackers in order to gain a superior understanding of cybersecurity. Students are developing 10 different cybersecurity projects including hacking a user’s device and altering codes on Android devices for malicious purposes, the school announced Wednesday. “One of the most basic strategies […]

Scott PowersOctober 9, 2018

A new television commercial being launched Thursday by the Democrats’ Senate Majority Political Action Committee is attacking Republican Gov. Rick Scott over the education cuts he oversaw early in his administration, bringing the cuts back for consideration in Florida’s U.S. Senate race. The new commercial, “Cuts,” focuses on the $1.3 billion that Florida cut from […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 4, 2018

Ron DeSantis painted a grim picture of Florida’s future if voters don’t put him in the Governor’s mansion this November. The former North Florida congressman made his pitch to a group of about 150 supporters Thursday at the Italian Club in Ybor City. The rally featured live music from a Wayne Newton look-alike. DeSantis’s first-grade teacher […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 3, 2018

It’s no secret Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is partially campaigning on a tax hike. What’s unknown: how Florida’s electorate receives it. And money is being spent on both sides to determine that outcome. On Wednesday, Gillum released an education-themed television ad in which he says, “Not one person, family, or small business pays more in […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 3, 2018

Security model management company ReliaQuest is committing $1 million to the University of South Florida for cybersecurity labs at the school’s Muma College of Business. The million-dollar gift also buys the private company naming rights to the labs. The additional labs will address the local and national shortage of cybersecurity professionals. Only 45 percent of […]

Scott PowersSeptember 27, 2018

Democratic Florida House nominee Barbara Cady is releasing her first campaign video on-line Thursday, attacking incumbent Republican state Rep. Mike La Rosa and introducing herself in the House District 42 race. The 30-second video charges that La Rosa has failed to do anything to improve education, fix health care, or stand up to what the […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 27, 2018

The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce is backing a one-half percent sales tax referendum to better fund Hillsborough County Schools, its board voted Thursday unanimously. If voters approve the referendum on Nov. 6, the sales tax will raise $1.3 billion over ten years. The Hillsborough County Schools district needs money to fund major repairs to […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 26, 2018

Saving babies is the latest order from Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland. Faculty and student researchers there are developing a new method that would create more accurate maternal and fetal electro-cardiogram signals. The improved technology would allow doctors to better treat cardiac defects in fetuses before birth. Noise and interference makes obtaining near-perfect fetal and […]

Tag: education

Powerball jackpot up to $750M, Florida Lottery says

New Andrew Gillum ad highlights need for vo-tech education

To be the good guys, Florida Polytechnic students first learn how to be the bad guys

New Democratic ad hits Rick Scott on education cuts

In Tampa, Ron DeSantis blasts Andrew Gillum for ‘liberal agenda’

Dueling ads seek to frame Andrew Gillum’s corporate tax proposal

Cybersecurity firm donates $1 million for new USF program

Barbara Cady launches video ad in HD 42 race

Tampa Chamber goes all-in for Hillsborough education tax

Florida Polytechnic latest reach: Saving babies