May 10, 2024

Tuesday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 11/22/2016

› Two more withdraw from FGCU presidential search
Two more candidates have withdrawn their candidacy to be Florida Gulf Coast University's next president. Karen Whitney, president at Clarion University in Pennsylvania, and Donna Henry, chancellor at the University of Virginia's College at Wise, no longer want to be considered for the job.

› One of Tampa's original cigar factories could soon be a boutique hotel
They've been turned into offices, schools, restaurants and luxury apartments. And now one of Tampa's original cigar factories could soon be a boutique hotel.

› Talking tourism: Winter season changing along Emerald Coast
Like everything else in the world’s biggest industry, the winter season on the Emerald Coast is changing. The emergence of a different type of Snowbird, and the way that many tourists now prefer more as well as shorter vacations, alters the way we work.

› This is a good week to get gas in Florida
Good news at the pump: Gas consumers should enjoy a well-timed drop in price. The AAA says Florida’s petrol price for regular sat at $2.108 per gallon Sunday, down from $2.159 a week before and $2.252 a month previous.

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