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Thursday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Orlando's growing population a boon for retail, home sales
Orlando's high population growth will help drive a rapidly growing retail and real estate economy, according to a recent economic forecast by commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield.
› Unique trial studying stem cells’ effect on heart damage launches at UF Health
For the first time ever, University of Florida Health researchers are evaluating whether or not the combination of heart and bone marrow stem cells can repair heart damage.
› Please don’t paint Florida turtles, wildlife cops plead
You can paint your nails, you can paint your house — but you can’t paint a turtle. That’s what the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission wants to remind Floridians after two gopher tortoises were found with paint on their shells.
› Hispanic Florida GOP communications chief quits because of Trump
Donald Trump has claimed a casualty at the Republican Party of Florida: its communications chief, who is Hispanic. Wadi Gaitan, whose parents are Honduran, is said to have had too many differences with his political party’s presidential nominee to continue defending him to the press.
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