Friday's Daily Pulse

› Some communities touting live-work-play see vacancies [Orlando Sentinel]
Central Florida developers have marketed "live/work" communities as self-contained places where residents can minimize travel to work, shopping and entertainment.

› Port Everglades rail hub helps boost rail freight by 26 percent [South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
One year after the opening of a $73 million rail hub inside Port Everglades, freight on the port rail line is up 26 percent — even without more trains on tracks.

› Sarasota-Manatee still No. 2 in US for cash home buyers [Sarasota Herald-Tribune]
Home buyers in Southwest Florida still love to plunk down cash. The Sarasota-Manatee region ranked second among the 100 largest U.S. metro areas for cash buyers in April, according to a report Thursday by data provider CoreLogic.

› Caution light flashing on red-light camera company [Times/Herald]
State lawmakers want the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate whether a political bribery scandal at a company that sells red-light cameras extends to the firm’s contracts with five Florida cities.

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