April 20, 2024

Thursday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 2/16/2017

› Former Magic Leap executive sues company, alleges gender bias
Magic Leap’s former vice president of strategic marketing has filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the company, asserting that management did not include females in top leadership jobs.

› Florida Bill Would Make Charity Poker Tournaments Legal
Florida politicians may be opening up some new channels when it comes to non-profit poker. If a bill produced on Monday in the state’s House of Representatives is passed, philanthropic groups will definitely benefit.

› Refugees in Florida are in the spotlight again. Here's what you need to know.
As President Trump's executive order thrust refugees into the national spotlight, Florida House lawmakers were preparing a plan to pull the state out of the federal program that assists refugees after they arrive in the country.

› Orlando tech Kickstarter appears ready to fall short
A Kickstarter campaign that hoped to raise $165,000 to support several groups in the Orlando tech community has raised less than one-third of its goal with less than two days remaining to raise the rest.

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