MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 6 -- Akerman, a law firm, issued the following news release: Akerman proudly welcomes Ricardo Bernard and Joseph Brasile to our New York office. Bernard is a partner in the firm's corporate practice and Brasile joins as a partner in the real estate practice. Bernard focuses his practice on private equity, venture capital, M&A and general corporate matters. He regularly advises investment firms and their portfolio companies in connection with domestic and cross-border merge more PR

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, Feb. 6 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: Holland & Knight Partner Martin J. Alexander, a member of the Children's Harbor board since its founding in 1996 and the former board chair, was recognized for his contributions at Children's Harbor annual Winterfest event, where he was presented a plaque that will be mounted on the Children's Harbor main office building identifying it as the "Martin J. Alexander Administrative Building." Bas more PR

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, Feb. 6 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: Duke Energy Florida has informed the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) of its intention to submit a rate request in April proposing investments to increase the efficiency of generating units , reduce the number of power outages and expand solar generation as part of the increase in base rates that will take effect in January 2025. The expected effect of the requested base rate changes will be an average an more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 6 -- Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2024: Today, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis announced the arrest of William Diehl for allegedly impersonating an insurance agent and defrauding consumers purchasing auto insurance. Diehl, while not licensed as an insurance agent, sold multiple fraudulent and non-existing automobile insurance policies to several unsuspecting victims, many of whom may still be unawar more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Feb. 6 -- Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2024: Consumer Protection (https://myfloridacfo.com/news/pressreleases/press-release-details/2023/12/20/cfo-patronis--florida-will-bar-taxpayer-support-of-media-censorship-companies). This legislation, among other items, bars state agencies from contracting with censorship companies like NewsGuard, which is a self-described media monitoring, technology company. Additionall more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Feb. 6 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following news on Feb. 5, 2024: Today, the Florida Democratic Party launched the filing process for candidates interested in running for district-level delegate positions to the 2024 Democratic National Convention. 146 district-level delegates will represent Florida at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, which will be held in Chicago, IL from August 19-22. Delegates will be elected from each of Florida's 28 congressio more PR

MIAMI BEACH, Florida, Feb. 6 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2024: Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced he is working with the Florida Legislature to keep Florida's streets clean and safe as bills move during Florida's Legislative Session to combat homelessness. To read the full proposal, click here (https://t.e2ma.net/click/s3wcgn/0dims2r/8z0telb). "We cannot allow any city in Florida to become like San Francisco, where homelessness, drugs, and  more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 6 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm Greenberg Traurig advised GARBE Industrial Real Estate (GARBE) on the establishment of a joint venture with NREP's Logicenters. The joint venture's goal is to develop a sustainable logistics portfolio in Germany. The first project is a greenfield project in Straubing, Bavaria. The joint venture partners plan to build a modern and environmentally friendly logistics property with approxim more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 6 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Ari Newman, a Miami-based shareholder in Greenberg Traurig, P.A.'s Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice, was honored as a "Rising Star Dealmaker" at the annual Global M&A Network's awards ceremony. The award honors the achievements of outstanding young dealmakers from the American investing, lending, restructuring, and mergers & acquisitions (M&A) communities. According to Global M&A Network, honoree sel more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 6 -- Miami-Dade County Public Schools issued the following news release: Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) continues to partner with the University of Miami Health System (UHealth) Pediatric Mobile Shotz-2-Go Unit to offer required immunizations at select locations throughout the District. The UHealth Pediatric Shotz-2-Go Unit is providing the mandatory school-required vaccines for the 2023-24 school year and for any student that is missing a school-age vaccine. Th more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 6 -- Miami Dade College issued the following news release: Miami Dade College (MDC) welcomes Dr. Amy Galpin as the new Executive Director of its Museum of Art + Design (MOAD), the College's flagship museum. "I am thrilled to lead MOAD at this exciting time. Drawing on my 20 years of experience working with different art organizations and museums, I am confident I can contribute to raising the profile of the institution and enhancing the accessibility of its programs and co more PR

ORLANDO, Florida, Feb. 6 -- Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings issued the following statement on Feb. 5, 2024: * * * Greetings, What an exciting start to the year! Together, we celebrated newly installed public artwork on display at our Sculpture on the Lawn exhibit outside the County Administration Building and opened our doors to the public during our Open House and Job Fair event last month. In the coming weeks, there will be plenty of opportunities to get involved in the many initiative more PR

SARASOTA, Florida, Feb. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of South Florida's Sarasota-Manatee campus issued the following news: * * * The university will establish the Elie Wiesel Center for Humanitarian Ethics. * * * By Matthew Cimitile, University Communications and Marketing, and the Florida Holocaust Museum The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity named the University of South Florida (USF) and the Florida Holocaust Museum as the permanent home of the papers and artifacts of Elie Wiesel, a Ho more PR

PENSACOLA, Florida, Feb. 6 -- The University of West Florida, a component of public state university system in Florida, issued the following news release: A University of West Florida team placed fifth against teams including Yale University, Dartmouth College and others at a national competition held by the University of South Carolina. The USC National Big Data Health Science Student Case Competition was held Jan. 26-28. UWF graduate students Gail Han and Jason Gerstenberger and UWF undergrad more PR