May 5, 2024

Tuesday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 7/25/2017

› Gas prices in Florida spike
According to the American Automobile Association, Florida saw the second largest price hike of any state in the last week, behind only Indiana, as the average rose seven cents to $2.20 per gallon Monday.

› Could Ontario-based Maglite move to Florida?
Ontario-based Maglite has been invited by Florida Gov. Rick Scott to move operations there. The offer comes after the company and its leaders decried the California law preventing the company from using the “Made in the USA” phrase on its products.

› President Trump disrupts vital shark research in Florida
President Donald Trump’s frequent trips to Mar-a-Lago this year didn’t just irritate motorists stopped at traffic blockades. They stymied shark research along the Atlantic coast also.

› Frontier adding flights from MIA to 9 cities — from as low as $34
Frontier Airlines is bringing a bevy of low-cost flights to Miami International Airport, the Denver-based airline announced last week, with the addition of nine routes this fall.

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