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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division last week announced an "education and enforcement initiative" designed to help the agricultural industry in the Southeast "to increase compliance with federal labor laws." "In addition to enforcement activity, the initiative provides compliance assistance to employers and educates workers and other stakeholders," the agency said in a news release. Learn more at http://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd. AIM marks a research milestone Ocala-based AIM ImmunoTech Inc. announced last week that it has "dosed the first healthy subjects in its Phase 1...

Florida State University News FSU planning lab awarded state grant for disaster mitigation January 22, 2021 | 12:29 pm | SHARE: Grant funds will be used for projects that will improve public safety, resource management and social equity for a more resilient Florida, said Dennis J. Smith, planner in residence, Department of Urban & Regional Planning. The Florida State University Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP) has received an award of $348,898 through  the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity’s Rebuild Florida General Planning Support Program. The funds are alloc...

Reply The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council and five other regional planning councils around Florida will receive a total of $1,499,000 from the state to develop a cohesive statewide approach to flood planning. The three-year project will provide a framework for municipalities across Florida to create disaster models, prepare actionable strategies and determine how to prioritize and fund mitigation projects. The funding for the project is part of nearly $20 million in resiliency funding awarded by Florida's Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) to 37 municipalities, educational instituti...