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Florida ballot questions draw big money
State ballot campaigns this year are attracting millions of dollars from corporations, unions, wealthy individuals and special interest groups, as referendums increasingly replace legislatures as a battleground for people who want to make state policy, on issues ranging from legalizing marijuana and raising the minimum wage to gun control and drug pricing. [Source: Florida Times-Union]
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Business Florida - Your Florida Opportunity Guide
At BusinessFlorida.com, you'll learn about the boundless opportunities that make Florida ideal for business. The website is redesigned, updated and ready for use. This week, we will feature one area of Business Florida each day on the Daily Pulse, kicking it off today with two of the most popular sections of the website: Business Incubators and Venture Capital Firms in Florida
- Business Incubators - listed by region, with links to each one
- Venture Capital Firms - full list of VC firms in Florida, with links to websites
Two on shortlist to lead Enterprise Florida
A retired state Department of Transportation assistant secretary and a former adviser to Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder are the finalists to lead Florida's public-private business recruitment agency. Richard Biter, who chaired multiple planning committees at Florida DOT, and Michael Finney, who was Snyder's senior economic growth adviser, are slated to appear Wednesday before the Enterprise Florida President & CEO Search Committee.[Source: Ledger]
Florida amendment votes put solar in the spotlight
Solar energy is getting more attention than ever in Florida thanks to two ballot measures this election season. But the attention isn't translating into increased sales just yet, solar providers say, citing fear among potential customers that solar systems will become more expensive . [Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
Investor visas helping fuel new restaurants in Central Florida
The controversial "green card through investment" visas that helped fund Orlando City's Soccer Stadium, and many other projects in the United States, are catching fire to finance new restaurants in Central Florida. [Source: Orlando Sentinel]
› Forecasters monitoring tropical system that's strengthening, could impact Florida
Forecasters are monitoring a large area of low pressure that has a 90 percent chance of developing into a tropical system as it approaches the Caribbean within the next five days.
› League hopes to make Naples a spearfishing destination
Spearfishing, proponents say, is one of the best methods to keep the lionfish population under control before the voracious eaters decimate native populations. Now a group is after a more elusive and lasting challenge, to make Naples and its sometimes murky waters a diving and spearfishing destination.
› Orlando's simulation pros seek new markets at summit
Computer simulation is well-established in Central Florida, but is on the cusp of a new growth period, according to experts and local elected officials who spoke at a daylong summit last week.
› Countdown to World Rowing Championships begins in Sarasota
There’s nothing quite like hearing the “U.S.A.” chant on your own home turf, Olympic gold medalist Amanda Polk told a crowd at Nathan Benderson Park on Friday. The chant, the United States rowing team and the 2017 World Rowing Championships are just one year away from Sarasota County.
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