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Thursday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Billions of flowers flowing through Miami brighten nation
Miami annual handles 8 billion or more stems of flowers destined for the rest of the US as Miami International Airport has become the floral center of the nation in a sophisticated trade that supports 30 trucking companies with an industry economic impact too broad to be totaled. From humble beginnings a half century ago, Miami’s vital role in this trade has ballooned, with only a short blip during covid slowing its meteoric rise.
› Judge lowers award against All Children’s but dismisses call for new trial
A Sarasota County judge has lowered the damages awarded by a jury against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital by $47.5 million but dismissed the hospital’s calls for a new trial. In an order released Tuesday, Judge Hunter Carroll agreed with the hospital’s motion that some of the jury’s awards to Maya Kowalski and her family were “excessive.”
› Tampa company invests over $1M in Bitcoin mining machines
LM Funding America, a publicly traded cryptocurrency mining and technology-based finance company, says it will purchase 300 Bitmain S21 computing machines for approximately $1.1 million. LM Funding America commenced Bitcoin mining operations in September 2022.
› Altamonte Springs business offering police training courses to public
Decision Tactical is not just for police training, civilians can also get a chance to walk a mile in police officer’s shoes starting next month. “For civilians, appreciation of the police officers’ challenges and for police officers to get better training to better take care of our community,” said CEO and co-founder of Decision Tactical, Remo Eyal. “When a civilian walks through some of these scenarios and walks a mile in a police officer’s shoes they really start to gain the full understanding.”
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