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Tuesday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Port Canaveral gets OK for cold storage pilot program
Port Canaveral has been named an official participant in the Southeast U.S. In-transit Cold Treatment Pilot Program by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service.
› Central Florida hotel revenue up 17.6 percent for April
Revenue at Central Florida’s hotels rose 17.6 percent in April, the biggest rise among the 25 largest markets in the country for the month, according to an industry report.
Resorts and vacation spots to inspire your next personal trip or business getaway!
• The Breakers
• Visit Florida
• St. Pete/Clearwater
• Ocala/Marion County
• Saddlebrook
• Gainesville
› Publix, package stores urge veto of ‘liquor wall’ bill
Opponents have mobilized to try to convince Gov. Rick Scott to veto a bill that would a repeal a decades-old law requiring hard spirits to be sold in separate facilities from groceries and other goods — an issue that has become known as the “liquor wall.”
› Drop in gas prices about over for Florida
Gas prices continued to fall in Florida over the past week. But the decline is slowing, and the national average actually went up. The average price for a gallon of regular gas was $2.30 on Monday, down 2 cents from a week earlier.
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