July 17, 2018 | Daily Business Review
No Shortage of Ads Ahead of Florida 2018 Midterm ElectionWith the governor's office and all three Cabinet seats are on the ballot; Republican Gov. Rick Scott challenging three-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson; and several congressional seats up for grabs, Florida's 2018 midterm election is one of the most important in years.
By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press
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June 25, 2018 | Daily Business Review
New Florida Law Reignites Beach Access Fight in PanhandleAs of July 1, Walton County Sheriff Michael Adkinson said his deputies will have to start arresting people who put their beach blankets down in front of private homes and refuse to leave.
By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press
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March 02, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Florida House Unanimously Passes Sexual Harassment BillFlorida officials, government employees and the lobbyists and contractors who deal with them could be subject to new rules and penalties for sexual harassment under a bill the House passed unanimously.
By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press
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February 14, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Florida House Speaker's Immigration Ad Spurs DebateAn inflammatory ad depicting a Hispanic-looking immigrant in a hoodie shooting a white woman led to an unusual one-issue debate Tuesday night between…
By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press
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February 06, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Death Takes a Toll: Florida Bill Helps First Responders With PTSDFormer Orlando police officer Gerry Realin isn't the same since he spent five hours in the Pulse nightclub among the bodies of those killed in what was then the nation's deadliest mass shooting.
By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press
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February 02, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Florida Lawmaker: Law That OKs Child Marriage Well-CraftedA Florida lawmaker who opposes a bill to ban child marriage said the current law allowing child rapists to marry girls they impregnate is well-crafted.Republican…
By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press
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December 08, 2017 | Daily Business Review
Graham Says Her View Will Help Address Harassment 'Epidemic'The only woman in Florida's governor's race says she has a unique perspective that will allow her to address what she calls a sexual harassment epidemic in state government.
By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press
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October 28, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Honduran Immigrant Granted Retrial in Florida Double MurderA Honduran man on death row for a double murder in central Florida was granted a retrial by the state Supreme Court based on new evidence, including comments a woman made to a friend and neighbors that she was the killer.
By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press
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June 23, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Florida Has 3 Suggestions to Replace Confederate StatueEither the African-American woman who founded what's now Bethune-Cookman University, the founder of Publix supermarkets or the woman credited with saving the Everglades will replace a Confederate general's statue that represents Florida in the U.S. Capitol.
By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press
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June 14, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Want to Buy an Assault-Style Rifle in Florida? No ProblemAs in mass shootings elsewhere, the massacre of 49 people at an Orlando nightclub is raising questions about access to guns—assault rifles, in particular.
By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press
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