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Wednesday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Florida company that trains disabled adults owes more than $14,000 in back pay
A Jacksonville company that trains and employs intellectually and developmentally disabled adults admits it owes $14,487.87 in back pay after requirements allowing sub-minimum wage pay weren’t met. Pine Castle owes that money to 48 employees, or $301.83 per worker. The U.S. Department of Labor announced the violation in September.
› Disney World: Specialty license plate in works for Florida drivers
Walt Disney World will join the fray of specialty license plates on the back of Florida cars. The plate’s design will salute the resort’s 50th anniversary, and proceeds will benefit Make-A-Wish of Central and Northern Florida, Disney says. Its look, timeframe and price have not been revealed.
› Developer walks, giving Pinellas second chance at 100-acre preserve
Activists and local officials on Tuesday cleared their first major hurdle to preserving 44 wooded acres in unincorporated Pinellas County. Pulte Homes, the developer under contract to buy the property, backed out at the end of its due diligence period, according to Nathan Hightower, an attorney representing the estate of the late Gladys Douglas selling the land.
› More West Nile Virus cases reported by the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade
Three more cases of West Nile Virus in Miami-Dade have been reported Monday by the Florida Department of Health, bringing this year’s total to 59. If symptoms such as fever, headache and fatigue occur — and they occur in only about 20% of the people who get West Nile — they tend to happen two to 14 days after the mosquito bite.
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