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Friday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Florida ready to place new limits on shark fishing
Using chum to attract sharks in waters used by beachgoers, surfers and divers is closer to being banned in Florida, despite concerns the change will further squeeze out “blue collar” angling.
› Six of the top 10 auto glass lawyers are in Tampa Bay
Last year, companies with “glass” or “windshield” in their name brought 24,000 lawsuits against insurers, according to a database maintained by the Florida Department of Financial Services. About 76 percent of that case load was brought by just 10 lawyers. Six of them are based in the Tampa Bay area.
› Miamians still aren’t earning as much as they did 10 years ago. It’s worse in Broward.
South Florida has come a long way since the Great Recession tanked the local economy. But new Census data show the region’s income and poverty levels have not yet fully recovered to the buying power of the mid-2000s.
› Cities hitting Airbnb over Israel West Bank listings policy
An international backlash against Airbnb’s November decision to not work with Israeli rental home hosts in Israel’s West Bank settlements is emerging in Florida with Surfside declaring the vacation rental home marketing platform is in violation of its law and Miami set to follow with a resolution condemning the company.
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