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Thursday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› U.S. Sugar sweetens back-to-school season with backpack giveaway
It’s back-to-school season, and in some parts of the state, that means students will soon be on school campuses after finishing out the 2019-20 school year online. U.S. Sugar is helping thousands of K-12 students make the transition by donating backpacks filled with school supplies.
› Duke Energy provides more than $1 million in grants to support social justice, racial equity
Duke Energy, through its foundation, today announced the recipients of more than $1 million in employee-directed grants to nonprofit organizations committed to social justice and racial equity. Grants will be distributed to 80 organizations across seven states where the company has electric and gas customers – North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.
› Ratings of new Miami-Dade Transit bonds indicate ‘resilience’
Fitch Ratings has given a pair of new Miami-Dade transit bond series that together total about $790 million “AA” ratings and “stable” outlooks despite an economic downturn that the agency says will worsen before it improves. In an Aug. 3 report, the credit-rating group assessed two forthcoming county bond issues: series 2020A, a $239.6 million issue whose proceeds will fund various transportation and public works projects; and 2020B, a $550 million issue that will refund and replace bonds the county issued in 2012.
› Nestle water permit tabled
Consideration of a proposed permit that would allow more water to be pumped to a Nestle Waters bottling plant at Ginnie Springs was tabled by the Suwannee River Water Management District Tuesday morning. The action was taken because most of the board members believe the controversial permit should be considered at a live meeting rather than a video meeting. Tuesday’s webinar meeting was so flooded with people watching that the limit was reached. Others had to listen by phone.
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