Bobby Caina Calvan

Bobby Caina Calvan

September 25, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Judge Peppers Trump Lawyers in Prelude to Business Fraud Trial

A lawyer for New York Attorney General Letitia James tried to persuade a judge to hand down a summary judgment on the lawsuit's most significant claim: that former President Donald Trump committed fraud by inflating property values and exaggerating his net worth by as much as $3.6 billion on annual financial statements used by him and his company to secure financing.

By Michael R. Sisak and Bobby Caina Calvan

5 minute read

October 13, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Rough Times Ahead: Hurricane Ian Batters SW Florida Economy

Scenes of destruction in southwestern Florida will keep many winter tourists and snowbirds away while tasking local residents with rebuilding for months or more, said a manager for a group of family-owned restaurants, including a couple on hard-hit Fort Myers Beach.

By Bobby Caina Calvan

5 minute read

October 03, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Feds Vow Major Aid for Hurricane Ian Victims Amid Rescues

Days after Ian tore through central Florida, carving a deadly path of destruction into the Carolinas, water levels continued rising in some flooded areas, inundating homes and streets that were passable just a day or two earlier.

By Bobby Caina Calvan and Mike Schneider

6 minute read

June 15, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Fla. Governor Signs Bill Requiring Moment for School Prayer

"The idea that you can just push God out of every institution, and be successful — I'm sorry, our founding fathers did not believe that," Gov. Ron DeSantis said.

By Bobby Caina Calvan

3 minute read

June 11, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Florida Bans 'Critical Race Theory' From Its Classrooms

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis urged Board of Education members, many of whom he appointed, to adopt new measures he asserted would serve students with the facts rather than "trying to indoctrinate them with ideology."

By Bobby Caina Calvan

5 minute read

April 08, 2021 | Daily Business Review

More Governors Publicly Vaccinated, But Florida's Kept Mum

Gov. Ron DeSantis is now one of more than 6.6 million Floridians, less than a third of the state's population, who have been vaccinated.

By Bobby Caina Calvan

4 minute read

March 16, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Florida Lawmakers Plunge Into Effort Regulating Social Media

"When you have a handful of companies that are so powerful that they sort of dictate what can or cannot be seen or heard in order to make informed choices, I think that's problematic," Rep. Blaise Ingoglia said.

By Bobby Caina Calvan

4 minute read

March 11, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Florida Lawmakers Move to Ban Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes

"It's not that there was a debacle so we have to fix it. But do we have to wait for a debacle?" said Sen. Dennis Baxley, the Republican who is sponsoring the Senate version of the effort.

By Bobby Caina Calvan

4 minute read

February 25, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Palm Beach County Refuses to Lower Flags for Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh, who died of lung cancer on Feb. 17, had for decades championed conservatism, often stridently at the expense of liberals and Democrats.

By Terry Spencer and Bobby Caina Calvan

3 minute read

September 03, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Shots Fired, and 2 Black Florida Men Worry About Justice

Kendrik Clemons, left, and Charles McMillon are raising concerns about an incident in which a white couple in Tallahassee fired shots in what the men call a case of racial profiling by would-be vigilantes seeking street justice over something as petty as siphoned gasoline.

By Bobby Caina Calvan

4 minute read