April 30, 2024

Monday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 8/31/2015

› Florida’s bike death rate highest in nation
The news for Florida in a comprehensive new report on bicyclist deaths is dismal, leaving those who toil at the problem asking themselves whether to blame the roads or the people using them.

› New Everest University owner finding jobs, cutting costs for students
Zenith Education Group in February bought 53 Everest and WyoTech campuses in 17 states from embattled Corinthian Colleges, which faced federal probes and a lawsuit.

› Jacksonville Community of Entrepreneurs accelerates businesses with 'Exceleration' program
It’s starting up the startups, literally. The Jacksonville Community of Entrepreneurs — an organization designed to help startup businesses — was created within the past year as a response to Jacksonville’s One Spark crowdfunding festival and now finds itself in a critical evolutionary state.

› Erika's remains roar over South Florida; Tropical Storm Fred forms
Even as the remnants of Tropical Storm Erika created a thunderous stormy night in South Florida, Tropical Storm Fred emerged in the eastern Atlantic.

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