May 5, 2024

Tuesday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 7/23/2019

› Untold Florida: How Do Delays At Gainesville’s Airport Compare To Its Competitors?
It’s a time of growth for the Gainesville Regional Airport. There are plans for a new terminal and parking garage, more direct flights have started, and airport management recently attempted to entice carriers like Allegiant or Republic to add Gainesville flights.

› GEICO promotes executive to vice president for Florida operations
The GEICO board of directors has promoted Angela Rinella to the role of vice president of the company’s regional operations in Lakeland, FL. Rinella was most recently serving as vice president of GEICO’s claims operations. She began her career with the company in 2002, initially as a telephone claims representative based in Woodbury, NY.

› Guitar-shaped Hard Rock hotel starts revealing stunning display of lights
The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is poised to create a visual spectacle with its new massive guitar-shaped hotel — and recent lighting tests have started to reveal the extent of how dazzling the tower will be at night. In recent weeks, the stunning building has been shining bright in every direction, its exterior bathed in red, blue, purple, green and yellow.

› Margaret Good, Democrat who won Florida House seat in Trump territory, now running for Congress
Less than two years after Democrat Margaret Good defeated Republican James Buchanan in a closely watched Florida House race, she has now set her sights on unseating his father. Good announced Monday she’s running for Congress and will challenge seven-term incumbent Rep. Vern Buchanan for his Sarasota-based district.

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