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Monday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› SeaWorld Orlando confirms new roller coaster is coming in 2020
SeaWorld Orlando on Saturday confirmed that it is building a new roller coaster that will open next year. The announcement came with a 20-second teaser video that provided no details about the attraction, other than to declare it will feature “plunging thrills” and “predatory heights.”
› Construction adding thousands of jobs in Sarasota-Manatee
Southwest Florida’s labor-tight construction sector added 2,200 jobs in April, a 7.5% annual growth rate that outpaced state and U.S. gains. The Sarasota-Manatee and Charlotte County metro areas were among 250 out of 358 nationwide where construction payrolls rose over the year, according to a new report from the Associated General Contractors of America.
› A mega construction boom for a little area of St. Petersburg
Construction is booming throughout the Tampa Bay area but perhaps nowhere is it more concentrated than along 16th and 17th streets between Central and First avenues N near downtown St. Petersburg. Four big projects are underway in the area that abuts the city's thriving Edge and Grand Central Districts.
› Orlando tech company amends lawsuit after apparently naming wrong defendant
An Orlando tech company on Thursday amended a federal lawsuit because it apparently named the wrong Toronto-based defendant in the initial filing. TorGuard, which offers clients virtual private networks, or VPNs, had accused a company called C-7 of obtaining its trade secrets illegally and then using that information in a blackmail scheme.
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