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Guest AuthorApril 16, 2018

Agriculture has continued to be Florida’s second largest industry for many years now. Even so, the industry itself is still a mystery to many who live in Florida’s sprawling suburbia. Our congressional district proudly boasts the top cattle producing county (Osceola) and usual top citrus producing county (Polk). Just take a short drive out of […]

Danny McAuliffeApril 3, 2018

Floridian consumer sentiment has fallen for the second month in a row. According to data released Tuesday from the University of Florida, Floridians are a bit more pessimistic about future economic conditions. That’s resulted in a continuous dip in overall consumer sentiment since January, when the index reflected the highest score in 16 years. Of […]

Drew WilsonMarch 23, 2018

The University of Florida announced Friday that Morteza “Mori” Hosseini was elected chairman of its Board of Trustees. Hosseini will succeed Bill Heavener when his term as chair ends in June. Heavener has chaired the board since 2016. “Our new Board Chair exemplifies the leadership, vision and guidance that will be key to moving the […]

Ana CeballosMarch 8, 2018

Dozens of member projects were zeroed out as legislative leaders reached a deal on an $87 billion budget deal, but one University of Florida project was not only salvaged, it got double of what the House and Senate had initially agreed to. “It was about making sure that the projects that we chose had the […]

Danny McAuliffeFebruary 13, 2018

Shreyas Amol Jethwani is enrolled in undergraduate political science courses at the University of Florida, but that hasn’t stopped him from taking a stab at a state House seat in the 2018 midterms. The 21-year-old junior believes the climate is right for a paradigm shift in what defines a public servant, something he’s hoping to […]

Staff ReportsFebruary 5, 2018

With 88 reported unprovoked shark attacks and five fatalities worldwide, 2017 was “just an average year,” according to the University of Florida International Shark Attack File. The group said it investigated 155 incidents and determined 88 were unprovoked. While the total number of attacks are slightly higher than the most recent five-year annual average of […]

Staff ReportsJanuary 30, 2018

Consumer sentiment among Floridians starts the year with the highest level in 16 years, increasing 2.3 points in January to 99.8 from the revised December figure of 97.5. These confidence levels have not been observed since March 2002, when consumer sentiment reached 102 points. Among the five components that make up the index, one decreased […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 26, 2018

Welcome to the United States of America, otherwise known as the world’s largest free speech zone. Unfortunately, too many college administrators don’t see it that way. On campuses across Florida and the rest of the nation, people in charge of higher education have established euphemistically named “free speech zones” that limit the places where students […]

Drew WilsonJanuary 10, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine gave his stump speech and fielded questions from a small group of college students Tuesday a few blocks away from University of Florida campus in Gainesville. “You all must be really bored or really into politics to be here,” Levine said as he walked into Lubavitch Chabad Jewish Center, where […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerDecember 15, 2017

The presidents of the University of Florida and Florida State University said a last-minute decision by congressional leaders to scuttle a proposal to tax tuition waivers for graduate students would be a major victory for higher education. A U.S. House tax-overhaul plan would have made graduate students pay federal income taxes on tuition charges that […]

Tag: University of Florida

Darren Soto: The future of agriculture lies in Central Florida

Pessimistic trend surfaces among Florida consumers

Mori Hosseini elected chair of University of Florida board

Legislative leaders increase funding for UF project

UF student vies for HD 21 seat

Average year for number of shark attacks, deaths says UF researchers

Florida consumer sentiment soars entering 2018

Demetrius Minor: The only free speech zone in Florida ought to be Florida

Philip Levine talks climate change, minimum wage with UF students

University leaders back dropping grad student tax