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Thursday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Central Florida looks to score big with esports video gaming
The enthusiasm that surrounds a virtual world that includes monthly Fortnite tournaments — some with as many as hundreds of thousands of online viewers — has created a buzz that some in Central Florida say could soon create an economic windfall for the region.
› Court rejects attempt to backdate workers’ compensation policy
You can’t buy workers’ compensation insurance to cover an injury that has already happened, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday. “Uninsured persons cannot experience a loss, then scramble to get insurance and fail to disclose their loss, and then have the cost of their loss borne by the new insurer,” Judge Timothy Osterhaus wrote for a unanimous three-judge panel.
› Pembroke Park firm admits wrongdoing: It ignored duty to protect endangered coral
A Pembroke Park-based marine engineering firm ignored a requirement to survey and remove endangered coral while replacing channel marker range lights in the Port of Miami in 2014 and 2015, the company has admitted in federal court.
› Sarasota installs stormwater filter to reduce red tide
Local stormwater utilities have set a trap for trash and nutrients that foster red tide to keep them from reaching Sarasota Bay. The design of the baffle box, which is 24 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 17 feet deep, is one of a kind, according to Sarasota senior utilities engineer William Nichols.
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