Brandon Larrabee News Service Of Florida

August 17, 2016 | Daily Business Review

An appeals court rejected a challenge to Florida's de facto school voucher system, setting up a potential Supreme Court battle about whether teachers and parents have the right to sue over a program that provides private-school tuition for tens of thousands of students.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

August 16, 2016 | Daily Business Review

State economists shaved nearly $270 million off their estimate of what lawmakers will have to work with in next year's budget process, even as election-year calls for extra spending continue and as a threat looms of a Zika hit to Florida's economy.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

August 15, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The dust settled only months ago on the once-a-decade project of redrawing Florida's congressional and legislative districts to account for population changes. But because of the lengthy legal battle that followed the Legislature's original efforts at drawing the lines, the beginning of the next redistricting process is less than five years away.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

August 12, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Fourteen parents whose children were retained in third grade after they "opted out" of Florida's standardized tests filed a lawsuit saying their rights were violated by confusing standards that rely too much on a single exam.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

July 12, 2016 | Daily Business Review

In her 23 years in Congress, Jacksonville Democrat Corrine Brown has faced challenges before, from highly touted Republican recruits to questions about her ethics. But she has emerged time and again, winning 12 elections, almost all of them blowouts.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

10 minute read

July 06, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A state appeals court refuses to get involved now in former U.S. and state Rep. David Rivera's challenge to recommended punishment for an ethics violation.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

May 07, 2016 | Daily Business Review

As real-estate magnate Donald Trump nailed down the Republican presidential nomination with a resounding win in Indiana last week, Florida political consultants on both sides of the aisle felt a sense of deja vu.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

4 minute read

May 03, 2016 | Daily Business Review

For years, Tampa venture capitalist John Kirtley has been a largely behind-the-scenes figure in Florida's de facto school voucher program.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

3 minute read

April 01, 2016 | Daily Business Review

County supervisors of elections will see their salaries rise under a bill signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

March 16, 2016 | Daily Business Review

As the 2016 legislative session came to a blessedly peaceful end, you could look at the 60-day assembly through a variety of prisms.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

5 minute read