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Healthcare. Often a divisive term, it almost immediately draws sides concerning politics, high cost, availability, waste and corruption. And when stories flood the news concerning a healthcare executive jacking up prices for an antibiotic drug by fiftyfold, or the cost of EpiPen®, so critical to so many lives on a daily basis, skyrockets from $57...

If you are a small employer, there is a tax credit that can put money in your pocket. The small business health care tax credit benefits employers that: have fewer than 25 full-time equivalent employees pay an average wage of less than $50,000 a year pay at least half of employee health insurance premiums To...

Research dollars are a key component of the University of Florida’s drive toward preeminence. UF secured a record of $724 million in fiscal year 2015, a 2.4 percent increase over the previous record of $706.8 million set in fiscal year 2014. The 2014 total ranked UF 26th among all U.S. Universities in total R&D expenditures....

With this agreement, the two companies will provide the tools and solutions necessary to support critical advancements in neurology research Banyan Biomarkers, Inc. is focused on developing a blood test that could be used by physicians and healthcare providers to rapidly and objectively detect the presence of mild and moderate TBI and improve the medical...

The rehabilitation of Gainesville Regional Airport’s (GNV) secondary runway is garnering accolades, including State Project of the Year from the Florida Department of Transportation. GNV executives accepted the award in late July at the Florida Airports Council annual conference. To be considered for Airport Project of the Year, a project must meet all of the...

Local entrepreneurs and small business owners can win $10,000 prize package Cox Business is seeking local entrepreneurs, startups and small business owners interested in pitching their business plan or idea for a chance to walk away with more than $10,000 in cash and technology prizes at Get Started Gainesville. As part of the ongoing Get...

Joni Jarrell has been passionate about the salon industry for her entire career. The Business Report recently spoke with her about her role as Owner, Director and President of Gainesville’s Summit Salon Academy and about how her school prepares students looking to launch their own careers as salon professionals.   TBR: For those who may...

Stepping into the large kitchen and dining room facility that houses the Eastside High School Institute of Culinary Arts is unlike entering a typical classroom setting. Walk in and you may witness a group of students clad in chef coats practicing their Batonnet knife cuts on a series of onions and potatoes. Or, the students...

The Sequential Arts Workshop (SAW), a school created to help burgeoning graphic novelists in Gainesville, kicked off their fifth year-long program on August 22. Tom Hart, who had been teaching comics at New York City’s School of Visual Arts since 2001, decided the prices for art school were too high and the curriculum should be...

The expansive presence of the University of Florida and its undergraduate and graduate programs is well-known to anyone who resides in Gainesville or the surrounding area. But many residents may not be aware of the plethora of alternative education options also available locally. Three unique schools that call Gainesville home include the Academy for Five...