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More The Most Trusted Wendi Goodson-Celerin, senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Tampa General Hospital, started the hospital’s clinical education department from scratch. It’s how the hospital onboards new nurses. More Frame of Reference As the Orlando Museum of Art tries to restore its reputation and financial stability, its recent past keeps getting in the way. More Propelling Women in Tech Tampa software sales executive Raechel Canipe, 32, is building a statewide network to help women in the industry climb the career ladder. More Burger Suing King A Florida firm has carved a niche in fast-food and candy class actions. More Lessons in Leadership Retired Navy Capt. Timothy Kinsella led Naval Air Station Pensacola through a terrorist attack, the COVID-19 pandemic and a major hurricane. As the head of University of West Florida’s executive leadership program, he’s focused on building the region’s next generation of leaders. More Retooling Toward the Future Anil Menon, dean of the Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business, is redesigning the school’s MBA program to make degrees more flexible and durable. It will relaunch this fall with a curriculum emphasizing management philosophy and mental resiliency. More From Bedside to C-Suite Nurse leaders from around the state are leveraging their clinical backgrounds to run hospitals and tackle some of the health care industry’s biggest challenges. More Your 2024 Florida Opportunity Guide Florida has the nation’s fourth-largest economy and third-largest workforce — assets that prompt WalletHub research to reveal that Florida is not only a top-two place to start a business, but also the best business environment in the nation. More Sustainable Boating John Vo’s Blue Innovations Group unveiled its first electric boat. More Movers & Influencers Personal promotions, transfers, board appointments, civic accomplishments and philanthropic activities for the week of May 1, 2024. More Florida Business News Florida policymakers face tough choices over use of artificial intelligence A new report outlines several ways lawmakers can use this technology to streamline and modernize state government operations and help deliver better services. It also noted some of the potential challenges. Transportation: Railroad revolution Railway companies are using autonomous technology, artificial intelligence and drones to spot problems and prevent accidents. Florida is best state to invest in short-term rentals It’s been about 17 years since Airbnb launched and, while the then-startup didn’t invent short-term rentals, it seems fair to say it forever altered the marketplace for them. Federal court in Jacksonville postpones trial over Florida’s Medicaid eligibility review The trial over Florida’s handling of the Medicaid eligibility review process, which has led to 1.8 million people getting booted from the subsidized healthcare program for low-income people, has been postponed indefinitely. Whatever your interest - Marvel, mahjong, music - there’s a cruise for that Into country music? There’s a cruise for that. A Marvel fan? There’s a cruise for that. Play the ancient Chinese game mahjong? You guessed it. There’s a cruise for that. Read More Florida Business Stories Who Said That? "There’s never a good time to raise a fee." Where in Florida are the most involuntary holds for mental health? 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