Brandon Larrabee

July 20, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Dismissing concerns of a constitutional crisis, lawyers for Gov. Rick Scott asked the Florida Supreme Court to reject a petition that seeks to bar Scott from appointing three new justices on his last day in office.

By Brandon Larrabee

4 minute read

July 06, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The Broward County School Board voted to move ahead with legal action against a sweeping new education law, an initial step toward a court clash over one of the legislative session's most controversial bills.

By Brandon Larrabee

6 minute read

June 28, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Lawmakers trying to settle on a new statue to represent Florida at the U.S. Capitol say they will take another shot next year, after legislation to pick the replacement for a Confederate general's likeness got bottled up in a state House committee.

By Brandon Larrabee

6 minute read

June 09, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The first substantive meeting of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission showed clear rifts among members of the panel responsible for putting proposed constitutional changes on the 2018 ballot.

By Brandon Larrabee

4 minute read

May 31, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Reforms to the way the Legislature puts its budget together lowered the number of "turkeys" wedged into the spending plan, but there are still some items Gov. Rick Scott should consider vetoing, a Tallahassee-based think tank said.

By Brandon Larrabee

8 minute read

May 18, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A panel of the state Constitution Revision Commission deferred a decision on how to follow open-government laws as commissioners undertake the once-every-20-years process of recommending changes to the Florida Constitution.

By Brandon Larrabee

8 minute read

May 02, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Negotiations between the House and Senate about funding for environmental and water programs imploded, as talks over a new state budget moved up the ladder as a deadline neared.

By Brandon Larrabee

7 minute read

March 31, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A measure that would cut off one of the main avenues for challenging legislative redistricting plans was approved by a House committee, alarming groups that fought maps struck down by the courts in recent years for political gerrymandering.

By Brandon Larrabee

8 minute read

March 30, 2017 | Daily Business Review

From the concrete to the eccentric, Floridians began bringing their ideas to the state's Constitution Revision Commission during a public hearing, even as a voting-rights organization questioned the panel's process.

By Brandon Larrabee

7 minute read

March 30, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The Florida House narrowly approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would limit Supreme Court justices and appeals-court judges to two consecutive terms in office, sending a major priority of Speaker Richard Corcoran to an uncertain fate in the Senate.

By Brandon Larrabee

7 minute read