TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 16 -- The Florida Auditor General released the following operational audit (No. 2025-016) on Sept. 12, 2024, involving Chipola College. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY This operational audit of Chipola College (College) focused on selected College processes and administrative activities and included a follow-up on findings noted in our report No. 2022-017. Our operational audit disclosed the following: Finding 1: Some unnecessary information technology user acce  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 16 -- The Florida Auditor General released the following operational audit (No. 2025-015) on Sept. 10, 2024, involving Northwest Florida Water Management District. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY This operational audit of the Northwest Florida Water Management District (District) focused on selected District processes and administrative activities and included a follow-up on a finding noted in our report No. 2022-201. Our operational audit disclosed the following  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 17 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: ORLANDO, Fla.--Today, during National College Savings Month, Governor Ron DeSantis announces record refunds to parents through the Florida Prepaid program and encourages all Florida families to take advantage of an affordable prepaid college plan. "Because of our focus on academic achievement and fiscal responsibility, Florida has both the number one ranked higher education syst  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 17 -- The Florida Public Service Commission issued the following consummating order (Docket No. 20240109-TA; Order No. PSC-2024-0424-CO-TA) on Sept. 16, 2024: * * * In re: Petition for expedited review of Somos, Inc.'s denial of application for numbering resources for the Daytona Beach rate center, by MCImetro Access Transmission Services LLC d/b/a Verizon Access Transmission Services. CONSUMMATING ORDER BY THE COMMISSION: By Order No. PSC-2024-0371-PAA-TA, issu  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 17 -- The Florida Public Service Commission issued the following weekly summary of orders in the telecommunications industry division docket: * * * DOCKET NO. 20240109-TA DATE FILED: 09/16/2024 ORDER NO. AND DESCRIPTION: PSC-2024-0424-CO-TA Consummating Order PSC-2024-0424-CO-TA makes Order PSC-2024-0371-PAA-TA effective and final; docket to be closed; docket closed by XCM. DOCKET TITLE: Petition for expedited review of Somos, Inc.'s denial of application for nu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- George Washington University issued the following news: Speaker Mike Johnson is facing pressure to avert a government shutdown as Congress awaits his next move on funding. Meanwhile, lawmakers are investigating the second apparent assassination attempt on former President Trump, which occurred at his golf course in Florida. Additionally, the Senate will vote on protecting access to in vitro fertilization, and the House Foreign Affairs Committee will consider holding Sec  more

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 17 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: NEW YORK (September 16, 2024) - Holland & Knight has bolstered its nationally recognized Real Estate Practice with the addition of Jeffrey Page as a partner in New York. Mr. Page was previously a partner with Ballard Spahr, where he was team leader of the New York Real Estate Finance Team and co-leader of the firm's Distressed Office Buildings Team. "We are thrilled to welcome Jeff to our Real Estate  more

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 17 (TNSres) -- Miami Dade College issued the following news release: Miami Dade College's (MDC) Padron Campus STEM-UR (Undergraduate Research) project has been awarded nearly $500,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a sustainable undergraduate research program with the goal of preparing students for baccalaureate STEM programs at top universities and increase their representation in the STEM workforce. This is the first NSF grant awarded to Padron   more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 16 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Fast facts Grew up in Beaufort, North Carolina, spending time on a 45,000-acre farm managed and developed by his father Bachelor's degree in chemistry from Duke University Master's degree and Ph.D. in food science and nutrition from The Ohio State University Wife, Kimberly, is a flavor chemist and food scientist; daughter, Anya, is an animal science major at Louisiana State University; son, Matteo, is a high school s  more