April 29, 2024

Thursday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 5/4/2017

› Florida Keys state funding remains in limbo
A downsized “southern reservoir” that could store fresh water to sustain the Everglades and Florida Bay seemed to get final approval from the Florida Legislature on Tuesday but the fate of other Florida Keys budget priorities remained unsettled.

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› Record attendance prompts new KSC visitor complex contract
After a year of record-breaking attendance, Delaware North has won an early, eight-year contract extension from NASA to continue running the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex through 2028.

› Looking for work? Start a business? Retire? See how Florida ranks
If you’re looking for work, or starting a business, or even retiring, you’re in the right place. South Florida cities ranked in the top 10 for best places in which to be looking for a job, according to the Indeed blog.

› Costs of Zika fight rise to nearly $30M in Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade County plans to hire a full-time entomologist in its increasingly costly fight against the Zika virus.

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