May 18, 2024

Thursday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 9/25/2014

› Port tunnel traffic grows
The PortMiami Tunnel was over 30 years in the making. Now finally open, it appears to be delivering on its promise of reduced downtown traffic.

› A look at Florida's charterboat-based recreational shark fishery
The challenge and excitement of catching a large fish makes shark fishing very appealing for recreational anglers. However, many species of sharks have experienced population declines due to commercial overfishing.

› AltMed forms Canadian alliance
AltMed LLC, with plans to build a marijuana growing and processing plant in Sarasota County, has formed a strategic alliance with Canada’s Vida Cannabis.

› Citizens Property Insurance ending emergency assessments two years early
Florida property owners can stop paying a 1 percent emergency assessment on their insurance bills two years earlier than planned under a recommendation approved Wednesday by the board of Citizens Property Insurance.

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