May 18, 2024

Tuesday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 11/7/2023

› Local business owner to help clear canal debris in Cape Coral neighborhood
The boating lifestyle draws many people to Southwest Florida, but since Hurricane Ian, Cape Coral canals have been particularly difficult to clean up.

› Serene Pavers of New Smyrna Beach files for bankruptcy, owes 150 creditors $1.6 million
Serene Pavers & Stonescapes, the New Smyrna Beach business that closed last month without completing jobs for which customers paid thousands, has filed for bankruptcy, court documents show.

› Gov. DeSantis gifts Florida workers 4 extra days off for the holidays
That’s 1 more day than he gave last year and double what he gave from 2019-2021. His predecessors in the Governor’s Mansion, Rick Scott, gave workers similar paid breaks. Former Gov. Charlie Crist gave workers both Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve off with pay as well in 2008.

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