May 15, 2024

Tuesday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 8/7/2018

› Tallahassee manufacturers brace for impacts from President Trump's tariffs
Area manufacturing companies like Residential Elevators and Danfoss Turbocor Compressors that depend on international imports are beginning to feel the impact and the higher cost due to the trade war being waged in Washington and other world capitals.

› A new Parkland school could be a Florida fortress
Steel rods to keep cars from ramming in. Classrooms fortified with bullet-resistant doors and glass. Surveillance cameras monitored in real-time. These are just some of the features of Somerset Academy Parkland, a proposed school that could become Florida’s most advanced in terms of security.

› Florida governor to attend swearing-in of Colombia president
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is traveling to Colombia to attend the inauguration of the nation's next president. Scott's office announced late Sunday that the governor will fly to the Latin American nation to attend the swearing in of President-elect Ivan Duque.

› SeaWorld swings to 2Q profit on attendance boost
SeaWorld swung to a second-quarter profit on a boost in attendance at its theme parks. The company earned $22.7 million, or 26 cents per share, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

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