TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 18 -- The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: * * * Historic Vote Boosts Preservation Inventory by 50%, Protecting Florida's Agricultural Future * * * Today, the Governor and Cabinet, sitting as the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, approved the preservation of over 62,000 acres of working Florida farms and ranches through the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consum more PR

PANAMA CITY, Florida, Dec. 18 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: Governor Ron DeSantis announced that an additional 176 Florida schools have earned the Purple Star School of Distinction designation for their extensive support of military families. There are now nearly 400 schools throughout the state that have earned a Purple Star School designation. Additionally, five school districts have earned the Florida Purple Star School District designat more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 18 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: Governor Ron DeSantis announces one judicial appointment to the Second District Court of Appeal. Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe, of Tampa, to serve as Judge on the Second District Court of Appeal Moe has served as a Circuit Judge for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit since 2017. Previously, she was an Equity Shareholder at Bush Ross, P.A. She earned her bachelor's degree from Furman Uni more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Pete Reinwald In a groundbreaking new study, a Florida State University marketing researcher and her colleagues revealed a complex moral landscape underlying everyday consumption practices, particularly relating to self-care, just in time for the holiday shopping season. The study, published this fall in the Journal of Consumer Research, shows that consumers navigate moral judgments in seemingly m more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 18 -- Florida State University issued the following news on Dec. 16, 2024: By Kayla Cardenas Forget chips and candy bars. An old snack vending machine is getting a new life as a traveling art gallery, thanks to creative students at Florida State University and members of the Thomasville Center for the Arts. In this interdisciplinary project, students are merging engineering, computer science, design, art and more to dispense miniature masterpieces instead of M&Ms,  more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 18 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 17, 2024) - Holland & Knight advised Howard University on its petition to rezone approximately 27 acres to permit mixed-use, high-density development along the east side of Georgia Avenue, from Euclid Street south to Florida Avenue. The D.C. Zoning Commission took proposed action preliminarily approving the rezoning on December 16, by a vote of 4-0. The majority of the prope more PR

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, Dec. 17 -- The South Florida Water Management District issued the following news on Dec. 16, 2024: Osceola County, FL - Today, the South Florida Water Management District joined the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Garcia Land Management, LLC and many other local, state and federal partners to celebrate the completion of a new dispersed water management project in Osceola County. The El Maximo more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 18 -- Boeing, an aerospace company and a manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems, issued the following news release: * * * - Satellites launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida at 5:26 p.m on December 17 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket - Equipped with Boeing's most advanced communications payload, these satellites will enhance SES's global connectivity services * * * KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., Dec.17, 2024 - Two more Boeing [N more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 17 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * M.D./M.P.H. student Cameron Hope Tovin was inspired to pursue medicine by her brother, Zachary, who has high-functioning autism. * * * By Louis Greenstein Cameron Hope Tovin, a first-year M.D./M.P.H. student at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, might not recall the exact moment she decided to become a physician. But she'll never forget where her motivation originate more PR