For Friday, March 15, 2024
HEADLINE NEWS:
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Participants to ride bikes around Lake Apopka in seventh annual FOLA...
Apopka police seek vehicle of interest in shooting
23rd Apopka Fair has advantage of good weather for its 96...
Street sign dedicated to fallen firefighter Austin Duran
OUR POSITION:
Little-known law is in danger of being changed by ‘march-in rights’
By Paul Michel and Kathleen O’Malley
The Biden administration may soon gut the Bayh-Dole Act, one of our nation’s most important and impactful laws that also supports nearly $2 trillion in economic activity. In 1980, Congress passed the bipartisan act to help ensure that scientific breakthroughs at taxpayer-funded labs — especially at university labs that receive federal grants — would be turned into new, real-world products available to consumers. Read more on page 2A.
THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY: OPINION & ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Best use of public funds is for trees
Christine Moore, County Commissioner District 2
My third and final in the series on the “Walkable City, 101 Steps to Making Better Places”, will focus on trees. Author Jeff Speck in his chapter on making sure sidewalks are walkable says to put trees almost everywhere. Read Moore on page 2A.
2 District 7 media specialists honored
Melissa Byrd, Orange County School Board, District 7
At this week’s school board meeting, I was given the opportunity to highlight two employees from District 7 that have stood out over the past few months. I chose to highlight two of our media specialists. Read Byrd on page 2A.
“There is no such thing as an empty gun!” My dad drummed that into my head every time we would set out to go hunting, clean our weapons, or do anything that included handling our guns, bows, or any of our weapons. That meant never allowing a gun to be pointed at anything or anyone unless you meant to kill them. Read Hayden on page 2A.
Nancy Thomas, Apopka
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