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Sustainable seafood plant wins innovation award
A food processing plant aimed at getting the highest dollar value out of the humble mullet on Monday was declared the winner of the Gulf Coast Community Foundation Innovation Challenge. → Read More
Exclusive: Huge Lakewood Ranch biotech campus in the works
Lakewood Ranch will become home for a live-work-play research campus that managers at master developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Inc. expect to draw national biotechnology and life science players looking for a modern, collaborative environment coupled with classic Florida ambience. → Read More
In Ringling elephants, key to cancer cure?
Asian elephants may be an endangered species, but they hardly ever die of cancer. → Read More
Drones shadowed by looming regulation
When he wants an impressive aerial shot, Aaron Barnes of Bradenton powers up his one of his drones. → Read More
Vinik on Tampa project: 'We're building half a city'
When Jeff Vinik bought the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team in 2010, he was not thinking about becoming the lightning rod for redevelopment of the nation's 20th largest metro area. → Read More
SNN owner to be inducted into broadcasting Hall of Fame
Phil Lombardo, whose Citadel Communications Co. owns the TV station operated from the Herald-Tribune newsroom, will be inducted next week into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame. → Read More
Polls show support for marijuana reform, as groups gather signatures
By Michael Pollick michael.pollick@heraldtribune.com Florida voters favor legalizing adult use of marijuana by 51 percent to 45 percent, according to a swing state poll published Thursday by Quinnipiac University. They support legalizing medical marijuana by 87 percent to 12 percent. The poll results comes as marijuana activists and legislators vie for attention in pushing forward their… → Read More
Florida prepares to grow and dispense non-euphoric cannabis products
By Kathleen McGrory Tampa Bay Times ARCADIA -- Rod Hollingsworth Jr. came of age watching his father and grandfather grow orchids in this community of sprawling farms and historic homes along the Peace River. He learned to appreciate the shape of their petals, each shade of violet, magenta and white. But lately, a different flowering plant has … → Read More
Former fire station turned into Bradenton co-working haven
When John Poindexter got tired of the traffic in Fort Lauderdale and decided to run his airplane brokerage from his hometown of Bradenton, he became one of the first members in a new co-working space there called Station 2 Innovation. → Read More
Fines for possession gain ground in Florida
In most parts of Florida, possession of a small amount of marijuana is enough to get you in a large amount of trouble. While lawmakers have not followed 20 other states in fully or partially decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, the Sunshine State’s largest municipality may be leading Florida in that direction. Miami-Dade commissioners, led … → Read More
Mouse study: Marijuana may aid in organ transplants
A recent study suggests that, Tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, an active ingredient found in marijuana, can help delay rejection of incompatible organs in transplantation patients, reports International Business Times. A team of researchers from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine found that THC successfully delayed the organ rejection in a group of mice. For the study, … → Read More
Southwest Florida's jobless rate drops to 5.4 percent
The statewide and regional job picture remained at near-full-employment rates in the low 5 percent range in August — showing no need from the Federal Reserve Board for any leniency on interest rates. → Read More
Fed decision to hold rates at zero perplexes experts
The Federal Reserve Board’s decision to maintain its fed funds at near-zero — the status quo for almost seven years — prompted economists and market watchers to wonder, if not now, when? → Read More
Sarasota No. 31 on list of most livable cities
Tropical island ambience with the comforts of craft beer and fine art helped land the City of Sarasota on the “2016 Top 100 Best Places to Live.” → Read More
Business leaders discuss housing costs, labor issues
While Sarasota County business leaders give high grades to Southwest Florida and their own prospects, a lack of affordable housing for workers may prove to be the most limiting factor on continued growth and prosperity. → Read More
Florida municipalities act to decriminalize marijuana while legislators stand pat
By John Romano Tampa Bay Times Columnist In normal circumstances, this would be handled at the state level. But since the Florida Legislature is ruled by self-serving, ideological blowhards, it is being left up to individual municipalities to have grown-up discussions about marijuana. And in recent months, two of the state's largest metropolitan areas have decided to all but … → Read More
BLUE ECONOMY: A water filter that doesn't need a filter
Imagine a filter-less water filter that runs on the heat of the sun. → Read More
Voalte to hold user conference in Sarasota
Voalte, the Sarasota company that adapted smartphone technology for use in hospital communications systems, will hold its first user conference in November. → Read More
BLUE ECONOMY: Sustainable seafood venture proposes processing whole fish
If you are killing a fish mostly to get its valuable eggs and turn them into an expensive delicacy, what do you do with the leftovers? → Read More
Marijuana businesses in Nevada race to open after regulatory delays
By Alexa Ard and Michael Bodley News21 LAS VEGAS – More than 14 years have passed since Nevada legalized medical marijuana. But the only legal option for the state’s 9,000-plus cardholders has been to grow at home. The only legal pot that’s been sold in a retail store is in the Reno suburb of Sparks. Everywhere else, the … → Read More