Wednesday's Daily Pulse

› Florida lawmakers bringing plastic bag ban to session [Bradenton Herald]
Long viewed with disdain by environmentalists, plastic bags could be banned under bills that will be considered during Florida's 2016 legislative session.

› Entrepreneurs see more opportunity in Cuba under latest U.S. rules [South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
Entrepreneurs looking to develop business with Cuba are cheering new U.S. rules that took effect Monday and further ease U.S. travel, trade and financial activities with the island.

› Latino influence on Catholic Church is a backdrop to Pope Francis' visit [Orlando Sentinel]
The bedrock of American Catholicism for generations was in East Coast strongholds from Boston to Baltimore, where Irish, Polish, German and Italian immigrants dominated the church. But the demographic fulcrum in recent years has moved sharply to the West and South.

› Gov. Scott Visiting Kentucky on Business Recruiting Trip [AP]
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is visiting Kentucky on a two-day trip as part of his continued effort to lure businesses to relocate to the Sunshine State.

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