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The proposed changes to the way Florida arts organizations receive state funding combine vigilance and hope for leaders of cultural nonprofits watching Tallahassee’s development.”We’re between the rocks and the difficult places,” said Jennifer Jones, president of advocacy groups across the state.This week, cultural leaders and advocates will travel to the state capital to meet with legislators on the annual Arts and Culture Advocacy Day. Art-wrapped charter buses are more modest as Central Florida forces are smaller than in recent past and are looking for results that are different from last year’s budget.They see some good news: With his proposed budget…

Rush Hour in downtown Fort Lauderdale is one big traffic jam. Drivers complain that it’s only getting worse.To facilitate Gridlock, Fort Lauderdale is studying controversial proposals to turn Andrews Avenue and third avenue into one-way streets, featuring dedicated bus lanes from Sunrise Boulevard to Southeast 17th Avenue. Northbound traffic could take Andrews, while southbound traffic could take third avenue.The plan gave double thumbs from residents at a recent public meeting held at Artserve on Sunrise Boulevard.One hand wasn’t raised when a city-employed traffic engineer asked for a hand show from people supporting the proposal.”It’s definitely going to be ruined,” Doug…

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Research into creating new plant varieties has saved billions of lives around the world. American agricultural research is also saving lives.J. Scott Angle (UF/IFAS Photographer | UF/IFAS)American farmers face global competition in the aisle of produce. Labor challenges put them at a disadvantage. Innovations from research keep them competitive.Part of the beauty of agricultural research is that even the playing field of international trade does not punish other countries. It just lifts ours. For example, the study supports the Florida citrus industry, which exported $23.4 million worth of orange juice to Canada in 2023.Our farmers are fiercely independent. They prefer…

Schmidt set the goal on a drive to the net and scored his second assist of the night. “Schmidi’s fantastic game,” Randell said. “He was a big part of our team throughout the season. I’m really happy with him because you don’t always see him on the score sheet. He’s always happy. He’s always loud in the locker room and the leader in the locker room.” Things got chippy in the third season and Greer dropped his gloves along with Josh Dunn. The Panthers closed the door to return to the comeback for the Sabres, locking things up even later…

Investigators say the Illinois woman’s visit to Florida fell to a fatal end when she rode an early morning golf cart from a man accused of being drunk.It happened on a drive about 60 miles northwest of Orlando in the village before 1am on Sunday.Investigators say 58-year-old Richard Allen Kale was driving a cart in a residential area when he encountered a parked vehicle and avoided hitting it, the Florida Highway patrol reported in a news release.”A 60-year-old female passenger from Norwich, Illinois fell from his golf cart and was seriously injured,” Troopers said.”A passenger transported to an area hospital…

WASHINGTON – The US has ordered non-emergency government officials in South Sudan to leave the country due to security concerns, the State Department said on Sunday.”Armous conflicts are ongoing and include battles between various political and ethnic groups, the State Department said.The United Nations Office of Rights said on Saturday that violence and increased political friction in South Sudan threatened a fragile peace process.Earlier this month, security forces loyal to President Salva Kir allied two ministers and several senior military officials with Riek Machar.The arrests sparked fears about the future of the 2018 peace agreement, ending a five-year civil war…

The proposal for a 300-unit apartment on 12 acres of land in the ecologically sensitive Wekiba Conservation Area faces a difficult conflict and Seminole County between two valuable goals: protecting the environment and providing affordable housing. A development plan reviewed by county staff this week shows the complex, sitting on wooded land at the corner of State Road 46 and Orange Boulevard in Northwest Seminole County.It is proposed under the Live Local Act – a state law of 2023 designed to promote the rapid construction of affordable multifamily homes by shortening the government’s approval process. In this case, developers do…

Currently, Florida Republicans are very responsible for Doge.Scott Maxwell (Provided)After Elon Musk avoided the chainsaw before the cheering crowd of Maga enthusiasts, Florida Republicans vowed to take the same kind of chainsaw for waste they say exists in the Florida government.Obviously, some of this is just a political theatre. Just like when Musk’s government’s efficiency department misplaced a $8 million contract with ICE on a $8 billion contract. Or they were fired when the Trump administration had to immediately rehire some of the federal employees, as it turns out that those employees did something important.But the Florida Republicans still want…

Nevertheless, Australia’s bank branches fell 41% between 2017 and 2024.In January this year, Australia’s cash withdrawals rose to more than $9 billion (US$5.7 billion), according to new statistics released by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).This is slightly higher than Covid-19, when cash withdrawals fell to $6.3 billion in April 2020, a slight increase from $8.92 billion in January 2024.Cash withdrawals have been steadily declining in the decade prior to Covid-19, ranging from about $13 billion per month in 2010 to less than $11 billion per month in 2019.Cash Welcome, an advocacy group dedicated to maintaining cash in Australia, stressed…