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Monday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 7/9/2018

› Summer shows signs of life for Florida theme parks
There are signs of life at Central Florida's theme parks after a seemingly sluggish start to the summer season. New attractions are opening or are about to open, just as peak summer crowds descend to the seasonally rainy Sunshine State.

› Crowley partners to supply LNG to Puerto Rico company
Jacksonville-based Crowley Fuels and Eagle Liquefied Natural Gas have agreed to a partnership to deliver the fuel to a pharmaceutical company in Puerto Rico. The LNG will be produced at Eagle’s Maxville facility in western Duval County and Crowley will transport it in tank containers that will be delivered to the U.S. island territory.

› Sarasota County to consider change for major ranch development proposal
A proposed change to development rules for the expansive Hi Hat Ranch would provide ranch owners a more efficient way to develop the largely untouched swath of land east of Interstate 75, the property’s owners claim. But critics argue the potential change would undermine the county’s long-range 2050 growth management plan.

› Nervous South Florida industries await tariff war fallout
From real estate developers to boat builders to steel fabricators, businesses are nervously watching the emergence of U.S. tariffs against its major trading partners, as well as retaliatory measures that ensued from Canada, Mexico, China and the European Union.

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