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Tuesday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 3/15/2016

› In Florida, Donald Trump finds some support among Hispanic Republicans
Cuban Americans in South Florida have the rare opportunity to vote for two of their own for the presidency of the United States. Yet some are making a different choice: They’re backing Donald Trump.

› TradeRev, Carvana, and new tech pushes change in Orlando's auto sales market
New websites, technology and mobile-phone apps are shaking up Orlando's market for auto sales, especially its large auctions for rental-car resales. The Orlando area, and much of Florida, has long had a lot of rental-car activity, because of the metro region's 62 million visitors annually.

› Thousands of refugees continue to resettle in Florida
Last year, across a 10-county region spanning from Sarasota to Collier counties, Lutheran Services of Florida helped about 3,000 refugees — 97 percent of them from Cuba — learn English, get jobs and establish new lives as Americans.

› As small businesses grow, their owners become more Republican
As businesses grow, the more likely it is they’ll think a Republican has the best policies for small businesses. That’s one takeaway from a survey of 2,469 owners of small and medium-sized businesses.

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