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Friday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Opinion: It’s time to disrupt Florida’s electricity industry
It’s time to disrupt Florida’s electricity industry When you think about utilities – the energy that powers our homes and businesses – ‘disruption’ is probably the last word you’d think of as a positive. Yet disruption is exactly what Florida’s energy marketplace needs.
› Office Depot drops foundation that bore its name, plans its own
A community foundation that has been known as the Office Depot Foundation has changed its name to Listen Learn Care Foundation and is no longer receiving financial support from the Boca Raton office-supplies retailer. Also read more at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
› Tampa restaurant chain eyes Midwest, Texas for growth
Tampa-based Little Greek Fresh Grill forecasts continued growth in 2018, including openings in Texas and two new locations in the Chicago area. Little Greek Fresh Grill also has eateries in Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky and Ohio.
› Florida appears likely to ban child marriage
Florida law requires individuals to be 18 or older to marry, but there are exceptions when someone is pregnant or has parental consent. As a result, more than 16,400 people under the age of 18 married in Florida between 2000 and 2015, according to The Children’s Campaign.
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