Friday's Daily Pulse

› Rapid growth at Jacksonville National Cemetery requires more volunteers [Florida Times-Union]
The remote cemetery near the northern border of Duval County grows by nearly 50 new gravesites each week, adding to the 12,500 veterans who have been interred there since the first burial in 2009, according to official records.

› Texas-based Woodforest National Bank opens office in Fort Lauderdale [South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
Woodforest National Bank of Texas is launching a South Florida commercial lending office in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The financial institution will focus on Florida’s entrepreneurial community, according to Willy Gomez, the bank’s Florida regional president.

› Drug Free America Foundation calls for special marijuana session [Tampa Bay Times]
An unlikely voice has joined the drug policy activists calling on Florida lawmakers to come back in special session focused on medical marijuana: The Drug Free America Foundation.

› Venice chamber honors businesses for service [Sarasota Herald-Tribune]
A common thread runs through the five businesses honored Wednesday at the 38th annual Venice Area Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year awards.

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