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Staff ReportsJuly 19, 2016

Florida Atlantic University is one of several institutions to get money recently from Motorola’s charitable arm. Motorola Solutions Foundation gave a $10,000 grant to the Boca Raton school for its Women in Engineering/Computer Science program, according to a press release. The grant “will provide about 400 female students enrolled in engineering and computer science majors […]

Peter SchorschJuly 13, 2016

The agriculture group Florida Farm Bureau Federation said Wednesday sugar isn’t as culpable for the harmful Indian River Lagoon and St. Lucie River algal blooms as some groups contend. “Special interest groups have targeted agriculture as the sole cause of these blooms to promote buying more land for a ‘flow way’ south of Lake Okeechobee, […]

Jac VerSteegJune 9, 2016

A politician is a guy who shoots you in the gut and then campaigns by bragging about the Band-Aid he put on the wound. The latest example: Just days after The Palm Beach Post’s John Kennedy documented how Gov. Rick Scott‘s environmental policies had led to an explosion of huge developments in Palm Beach County […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 18, 2016

Senate President-Designate Joe Negron is heading back to college. Negron kicks off a four-day listening tour of Florida’s State University System on Monday. The Stuart Republican is expected to visit all 12 of the state universities during the listening tour. “Over the last several years, I have had the opportunity to discuss with fellow senators […]

Ryan RayMarch 28, 2016

The pro-business Florida Chamber announced a new “educational partnership” with Brian Lapointe of Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute on Monday. The longstanding Tallahassee advocacy group said it will work with Lapointe in order to develop “strong, science-based water quality standards” as Florida population continues toward an estimated 26 million by 2030. That growth will bring […]

Scott PowersMarch 12, 2016

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A new poll conducted by Florida Atlantic University gives commanding leads to Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton headed to Florida’s presidential primary on Tuesday. The survey, conducted Tuesday through Friday by FAU’s Business and Economics Polling Initiative, gives Trump 44 percent, followed by a tie between U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 22, 2016

After a tough loss over the weekend in Nevada, Bernie Sanders is getting love from Florida progressives. In advance of the Sunshine State’s presidential primary election on March 15, the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida (DPCF) on Monday announced that it’s endorsing Sanders in the Democratic primary. “Throughout his political career as well as his presidential […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 11, 2016

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South Florida U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy will be in Tampa’s Davis Islands next month for a fundraiser to be held by former City Councilwoman Linda Saul-Sena. Murphy, a two-term representative from Jupiter, is running for the Democratic nomination for Senate against Orlando-area U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson. Despite the fact that nearly the entire Florida Democratic […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 20, 2016

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Donald Trump has a 32-point lead over his closest competitor in Florida, a Florida Atlantic University poll reports. The New York businessman leads the pack with nearly 48 percent. His closest competitor, the survey found, is Ted Cruz at 16.3 percent. Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush are neck-and-neck in Florida, with 11.1 percent and 9.5 […]

Jac VerSteegJanuary 13, 2016

FAU professor James Tracy is creating an opening for Florida politicians who don’t like tenure and don’t like faculty unions. Because of Tracy’s case, tenure opponents could go on the attack and look good doing it. Tracy is the Florida Atlantic University communications professor who claims the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre is a […]

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Crowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)

Motorola foundation funds FAU women in science program

Agriculture, sugar doesn’t deserve all the blame for algae bloom, Farm Bureau Federation says

Jac VerSteeg: Rick Scott puts Band-Aid on environmental wounds

Joe Negron kicks off State University listening tour

Florida Chamber to partner with FAU research professor on water policy

New poll has Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton up by more than 20 points in Florida

Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida endorses Bernie Sanders

Linda Saul-Sena to hold fundraiser for Patrick Murphy

FAU poll: Donald Trump has big lead over opponents in Florida

Jac VerSteeg: FAU professor James Tracy’s case helps anti-tenure forces