Ryan NicolOctober 4, 2021
4min1083
The company finished restoring the train in 2020.
Tag: sugarCrowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)
Ryan NicolOctober 4, 2021
Staff ReportsAugust 27, 2020
6min466
Plaintiffs's data overestimated the burns' damage by 60 times.
Peter SchorschAugust 21, 2020
6min1243
Candidates are only as good as their message.
Staff ReportsAugust 5, 2020
5min688
Plaintiffs allege those burns cause health problems, including exacerbating negative health effects from COVID-19.
Ryan NicolMay 11, 20205min678
A U.S. District Judge dismissed most of the claims, but will allow an amended complaint.
Phil AmmannMay 5, 2020
5min425
Inspiration for the blog came in part from the coronavirus crisis.
Ryan NicolAugust 16, 2018
4min340
David Shapiro, a Democratic candidate in Florida’s 16th Congressional District, is calling out Republican U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan over his receipt of more than $100,000 from the sugar industry in light of recent red tide and algae blooms hitting the state. The report from the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan research group that tracks money […]
Ryan NicolAugust 6, 20185min649
Florida Sugarcane Farmers (FSF), a group representing the state’s sugar farmers, is out with a statement defending those farmers’ support of Adam Putnam after a critical article appeared in the Tampa Bay Times. The article hits Putnam on his defense of sugar farmers in light of the new round of algae blooms hitting the state. The story […]
Peter SchorschJune 9, 20173min277
Florida sugar growers are pushing back hard on accusations that “Big Sugar and Big Citrus” had a hand in writing legislation to expand access to medical marijuana. On Thursday, the Tampa Bay Times reported that that tucked into sweeping legislation on medical marijuana is “preferential treatment to companies that promise to convert orange juice factories […]
Scott PowersAugust 22, 2016
3min747
The entry-bell surge of political action committee money into new Democratic nominee Stephanie Murphy‘s campaign fund has triggered a similar rush of PAC money into the war chest of Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. John Mica in the Winter Park-based Florida’s 7th Congressional District. National Democrats signaled they’re taking Murphy’s candidacy seriously, compared with those of […]