Florida School Board Votes to Punish Districts for Defying Ban on Mask Mandates

The Florida State Board of Education voted Thursday to penalize eight districts for enforcing mask-wearing, despite a statewide ban on mask mandates. The Board accepted recommendations from Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran to withhold funding equivalent to school board members’ salaries, according to Forbes, as well as funding equivalent to any amount the district receives in…
Former Gator great retires from basketball, reunites with Billy Donovan on Bulls

Taurean Green is reuniting with the coach he won back-to-back NCAA championships with at Florida in Billy Donovan. Green announced his retirement from playing professional basketball and that he was joining the Chicago Bulls as a Player Development Coordinator on Tuesday.Green led Florida with eight 20-point games in the 2005-06 season and had a memorable…
‘Obsession’: Video shows Miya Marcano family confronting suspect in her murder before his death

The sheriff leading the investigation of the murder of Florida college student Miya Marcano defended the investigation after Marcano’s family this week released video of a deputy allowing the suspect in the killing to drive away.Deputies didn’t have probable cause to detain the man, Armando Manuel Caballero, the day after Marcano’s family reported her disappearance,…
Flipped to Stanford, Gators lose out on this 2022 tight end recruit

Thursday afternoon, CJ Hawkins announced via his Twitter that he will be stepping away from his commitment to the Florida Gators. Instead, he’ll be pursuing an opportunity with the Stanford Cardinals. A member of the class of 2022, Hawkins is a three-star recruit who had agreed to play in Gainesville early in the recruiting cycle…
Trulieve Announces 93rd Florida Location With The Reopening Of Kissimmee Dispensary
Publish date:Oct 7, 2021 7:33 PM EDTPatient access to medical marijuana expanded in the Orlando area with the reopening of a former Harvest HOC dispensary TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Patient access to medical marijuana expanded in the Orlando area with the reopening of a former Harvest HOC dispensary TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Oct. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – Trulieve Cannabis…
‘TV’s Top 5’: ‘Ted Lasso’ Boss Bill Lawrence on the Season 2 Finale and Its Endgame

Welcome to Episode 139 of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executive and other guests…
U.S. troops rotating into Taiwan for training -sources

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: Article content WASHINGTON — Small numbers of U.S. special operations forces have been rotating into Taiwan on a temporary basis to train with Taiwanese forces, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity…
Moroccan king appoints new government, including 7 women

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco’s King Mohammed VI appointed a new government Thursday made up of a coalition of liberal and conservative parties and led by a billionaire businessman.
Ex-UBS and Credit Suisse Bankers Move to Wealth Manager Azura

A trio of former UBS Group AG bankers and a one-time senior relationship manager at Credit Suisse Group AG have joined wealth manager Azura as it expands globally to try and capture business from the booming ranks of the ultra-rich. Mathieu Saint-Arnaud is jo…
Idle Shop Manager is an idle business simulator that is now out on Android in early access

Idle Shop Manager is a business simulator from Bling Bling Games that is out now on Android in early access. It’s an idle game that can be played offline for free. About the game … [MORE…