April 28, 2024

Wednesday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 9/30/2015

› Falling gas prices make Orlando consumers smile
Like many Central Florida residents, Chez Anderson and Alyssa Isaiah are living paycheck to paycheck. For them, the declining price of gas is easing the stress of stretching their pennies.

› Strengthening Tropical Storm Joaquin edging toward the Bahamas
Last month, forecasters encountered the same uncertainty in models as they followed Tropical Storm Erika across the Atlantic for five days.

› Biomass plant slated for Perry to bring 300 jobs
A Texas company plans to build a $60 million biomass plant that would bring 300 jobs to Perry in Taylor County.

› South Florida's home prices rising more slowly
While price growth remains strong across Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties, the pace has slowed from earlier in the year, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index.

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