Ana Ceballos

August 26, 2020 | Daily Business Review

University of Miami President Julio Frenk said students have already been evicted from their dorm rooms and suspensions have been initiated for violations that could potentially put other people at risk of getting sick.

By Ana Ceballos

4 minute read

August 04, 2020 | Daily Business Review

"We cannot survive an avalanche of lawsuits for liability if someone gets sick on campus," says Bob Boyd, president of the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida, which represents schools throughout the state.

By Ana Ceballos

4 minute read

July 31, 2020 | Daily Business Review

State Sen. Perry Thurston Jr., who is slated to become the Senate Democratic leader in 2022 if he gets reelected, is being attacked by a political committee led by Republican consultant William Stafford Jones, who, according to state election records, chairs more than 100 political committees.

By Ana Ceballos

6 minute read

July 08, 2020 | Daily Business Review

State university officials are scrambling to figure out the full implications of a regulation issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that will not allow foreign students to stay in the country if they only take online classes during the fall.

By Ana Ceballos

4 minute read

July 07, 2020 | Daily Business Review

As COVID-19 outbreaks spike in Florida, the mandate says that extending school closures can impede students' educational success and prevent parents and guardians from returning to work.

By Ana Ceballos

4 minute read

June 24, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees told university leaders to emphasize the use of face masks and hand washing and to encourage individuals to stay home when they feel sick.

By Ana Ceballos

5 minute read

May 21, 2020 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement released records tied to an investigation into Democratic Party members altering election forms at the tail end of the 2018 election cycle, which was dominated by three statewide recounts.

By Ana Ceballos

4 minute read

April 17, 2020 | Daily Business Review

The Geo Group Inc., which runs the Blackwater River Correctional Facility in Santa Rosa County, says it has "fully disclosed" to the Florida Department of Corrections and the Department of Management Services, the agency that oversees private prison contracts, that 43 Blackwater inmates are in medical isolation and that four inmates have been hospitalized, including two who later died.

By Ana Ceballos

7 minute read

April 10, 2020 | Daily Business Review

All but one of the state's 31 inmates who have tested positive for COVID-19 are located at Blackwater River Correctional Facility in Santa Rosa County, a private prison operated by The Geo Group.

By Ana Ceballos

3 minute read

April 03, 2020 | Daily Business Review

During the COVID-19 outbreak, state troopers have helped check motorists who are entering Florida from states that have seen large numbers of cases.

By Ana Ceballos

3 minute read