May 7, 2024

Monday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 11/9/2015

› New federal bill aims to end SeaWorld's killer whale breeding
The effort to shut down killer whale breeding by facilities such as SeaWorld continued Friday, with a California Congressman announcing he would introduce a bill that would phase it out.

› Homeowner co-op puts solar panels on roofs
A fledgling solar nation is taking shape in Central Florida with more than two-dozen members of an east Orange County cooperative now getting power-producing panels on their rooftops and another co-op gearing up in the county's west side.

› One Spark crowdfunding festival downsizes to refocus in Year 4
There will be fewer “creators” and the downtown Jacksonville footprint will be smaller, but One Spark organizers are bracing for an onslaught of those wanting to participate in the 2016 crowdfunding festival as registration begins Monday.

› State parks being reviewed for places to allow hunting
A checklist that park planners use in reviewing what can be allowed in Florida's park system now calls for adding hunting as a possible activity.

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