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Wednesday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Trump administration’s move on TPS draws objections from South Florida lawmakers
Florida lawmakers criticized a Trump administration move to end Temporary Protected Status for Nicaraguans, a move that could foreshadow the removal of tens of thousands of other immigrants from the country.
› How a Florida loophole could allow the wrong people to get guns
Bad guys are buying guns without ever undergoing a background check and it’s happening legally right here in Florida.
» See also: Guns in church? Concealed carry completely legal in Florida churches
› JEA’s long-term role in Puerto Rico power restoration unclear, CEO says
Forty-one JEA workers who went to hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico last month are set to arrive back home Tuesday as the utility rotates 45 fresh workers to the island amid talks about extending JEA’s involvement beyond the end of this month.
› USF, Florida welcome new research vessel
The new craft replaces the almost fifty-year-old Bellows, which was showing its age. The new boat will be used for research and also to train future marine scientists. Phillip Kramer, director of the USF College of Marine, said that the institute's 12 university members, including USF and Eckerd College, will get about a hundred days every year to give their students the opportunity to learn at sea.
A crowd that included the USF Herd of Thunder marching band recently welcomed the R/V W.T. Hogarth on its maiden voyage to its new homeport in St. Petersburg. Full story here. [Photo: Mark Schreiner/WUSF]
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