April 25, 2024

Wednesday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 12/12/2018

› Free parking spaces disappearing in downtown Boca
It’s hard to find a parking spot in downtown Boca Raton. And it soon will become more expensive. Next month, the city will turn on 26 parking meters — now fully installed but covered up with green canvas bags — in the business district east of Federal Highway.

› Frontier Airlines launches in Sarasota
Monday was the first day of service for the low-cost carrier, which offers service to Philadelphia, Cleveland and Atlanta. Frontier, a low-cost airline based in Denver, announced in August that it was coming to Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport this winter.

› Water woes await Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis: Transition team wants to do more now
Congressman Brian Mast convened the first meeting of Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis' environment transition team with a sense of urgency. The 40-member panel will frame water issues and identify steps to improve water quality for the new administration.

› Florida had 93 cases of Zika in this year
The number of cases has slowly increased in recent months, with all but two of the cases classified as "travel" related — generally meaning people were infected elsewhere and brought the disease into the state.

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