Friday's Daily Pulse

› John Morgan intends to pressure every Florida politician to fund wage initiative [Tampa Bay Times]
John Morgan, the publicity-loving personal injury lawyer/entrepreneur who spearheaded the successful medical marijuana initiative, soon plans to start collecting signatures for a 2020 ballot initiative raising Florida minimum wage.

› Gainesville, UAB postpone biomass decision [Gainesville Sun]
The Gainesville city commission met with its Utility Advisory Board this week to discuss the possibility of buying the controversial biomass plant that has put a multi-billion dollar burden on the city.

› 24 Jacksonville-area firms make list of country’s fastest-growing companies [Florida Times-Union]
Twenty-four Jacksonville area companies have made the Inc. 5000 list for 2017 as the fastest-growing companies in the country. At the top of the local list is E-file.com, an online vehicle for preparing and filing federal income taxes.

› Miami-born ‘Moonlight’ creator to develop new TV series [Miami Herald]
The “Moonlight” effect continues, Miami. Tarell Alvin McCraney, who co-wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for the made-in-Miami film, just got the green light for a new TV series set in South Florida.

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