April 29, 2024

Thursday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 10/11/2018

› Disney's history lives on in Orlando library collection
Up in the downtown Orlando library’s fourth floor, if you know where to look, there is a collection of Walt Disney World history that’s enough to make a Disney fanatic’s head spin.

› New biometric scanning at Fort Lauderdale airport could mean shorter lines at security
Some passengers flying out of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport can now use biometric scanning to move through TSA security faster, the company CLEAR announced today.

› Florida's new school safety app debuts, earns Trump's praise
Florida unveiled its new school safety app this week, hoping to give students an easy, and anonymous, way to report suspicious activities and threats. The new FortifyFL app, devised in the wake of the Parkland school shootings, allows students to use their phones to alert authorities to potential trouble.

› 2 Sarasota County manufactured-home parks sold for $165 million
Two of the region’s largest manufactured-home communities are under new ownership. An Arizona real estate investment company paid a combined $165 million last month for the Camelot East Village and Camelot Lakes Village communities, according to court records.

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