March 19, 2024

Tuesday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 4/21/2015

U.S. farmers clamor for markets in Cuba but those in Florida worry

Congress this week will discuss the possibility of expanding agricultural markets to Cuba -- a shift encouraged by U.S. farmers and some members of Congress, who see a $2 billion market just 90 miles from U.S. shores. If they're going to be successful, one group needs convincing: The farmers who live in the state just 90 miles away from Cuba. [Source: McClatchy]


Internet companies oppose Florida proposals to regulate web

Some Florida lawmakers want to impose state-level regulations on the free-wheeling online world, and are drawing opposition from some of the nation's biggest Internet companies including Google, Yahoo, Facebook and Ebay. [Source: AP]

Legislative Roundup:
» Lawmakers subpoened in latest redistricting flap
» Senate sends Scott a message with freeze on nominees
» Guardianship bill advances in the Senate
» Abortion bill advances in Florida Senate -- but with a new "compromise"
» Sen. Don Gaetz keeps 'ethics conversation' going in Tallahassee


Leaving Cuba: Nightmare to American Dream

As Cuban-American relations thaw, some families are feeling nostalgic for their homeland. But they are hesitant to return to a place that holds such bittersweet memories. And they don't want to put money into the pockets of a regime that forced them to flee. [Source: Florida Today]


What it's like to be in the health coverage gap in Florida

The Affordable Care Act was originally supposed to cover a lot more people in Florida than it has. When Florida chose not to expand Medicaid, about 850,000 people were left without insurance. [Source: Health News Florida]

See also:
» Medicaid is expanding in other states — just not Florida


Many who lost homes to foreclosure won't return

Less than one-third of families who lost their homes to foreclosure or other distress events in the past decade are likely to become homeowners again, according to an analysis by the National Association of Realtors. [Source: Nasdaq]


ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:

› Governor and state employees end drug testing dispute
Florida Governor Rick Scott and the state's largest union of public employees agreed to end a long-running dispute over the broad use of random drug testing of state workers, according to a court filing on Monday.

› Scammers pose as credit card fraud department
A fraudulent fraud department? It may sound too wacky to be true, but scammers are now pretending to be from credit card companies' fraud departments. It's a trick to get you to reveal your card's security code.

› Florida absent from AARP list of top cities for those over 50
For decades, older Americans have abandoned their hometowns in the Great White North to head to warmer days in Florida for retirement. But a new study by AARP suggests they are leaving behind some of the neighborhoods that are best suited for them.

› Manatee County sets tourism record
Although it comes as no shock to residents who experienced traffic jams to the beaches and waited for tables in restaurants, Manatee County counted a record high number of visitors during the first quarter of this year.


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