May 7, 2024

Thursday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 7/20/2017

› CSX CEO defends restructuring progress
CSX’s new chief executive is defending the restructuring progress made in the first four months since he was hired to lead a turnaround of the railroad.

› Audit finds problems at Orange County Convention Center
Orange County Comptroller Phil Diamond voiced concerns Wednesday about $2,000 in unaccounted parking fees from a four-hour audit investigation last year at the Orange County Convention Center’s parking lot toll booths.

› Medical marijuana chain opens first dispensary in St. Petersburg
A medical marijuana chain opened the doors to its first dispensary in the city on Wednesday morning. Trulieve is one of only a handful of companies in Florida authorized to grow marijuana and produce and sell cannabis products.

› Worm with toxic slime found in Florida
An invasive worm with a toxic slime was spotted in Florida again. The New Guinea flatworm, originally from the South Pacific Islands, was spotted last year in Miami and now has made its way to the Tampa Bay area.

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