Thursday's Daily Pulse

› Elephant, part of Zoo Miami's Golden Girls, dies at 44 [AP]
One of four older elephants brought to Zoo Miami to live out their "retirement years" has died. Zoo spokesman Ron Magill tells local news outlets that Lisa, a 44-year-old African elephant, died Tuesday after lying down in her barn.

› Sarasota airport receives $7 million grant for projects [Business Observer]
The Federal Aviation Administration awarded the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority a $7 million grant for two projects at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport.

› Harvey reforms in Gulf of Mexico; could strengthen into hurricane [Florida Times-Union]
Former Tropical Storm Harvey has restrengthened into a tropical depression forecast to dump heavy rains on the Gulf Coast and become a hurricane by the time it hits Texas on Friday.

› Brickell tunnel under the Miami River gets a unanimous OK [Miami Today]
The push to bore a tunnel underneath the Miami River got a boost when the Transportation Planning Organization (TPO)’s Transportation and Mobility Committee voted unanimously to add the tunnel to a 2040 long-range transportation plan.

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