Brandon Larrabee

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

February 26, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The House narrowly approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would limit Florida appellate court judges and Supreme Court justices to two full terms, in a move that could serve as a springboard for the initiative in the future.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

3 minute read

February 25, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The House pushed forward with a controversial bill that would overhaul public retirement benefits, batting away a Democratic amendment looking to separate a widely supported change to death benefits from a contentious effort to place more employees in a 401(k)-style plan.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

4 minute read

February 12, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The House State Affairs Committee narrowly approved a bill that could shift more public employees into a 401(k)-style retirement plan, setting up a clash with the Senate over pensions and death benefits for first responders.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

4 minute read

February 06, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A plan that would limit Florida appellate-court judges and Supreme Court justices to two full terms in office passed the House Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote, sending the measure to the full House.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

4 minute read