Brendan Farrington

March 09, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Rick Scott signed the bill while flanked by relatives of students killed the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

By Curt Anderson, Brendan Farrington and Gary Fineout

5 minute read

March 06, 2018 | Daily Business Review

It doesn't include the assault weapons ban that students who survived Florida's deadly school shooting demanded of lawmakers, but the state's Senate narrowly passed a bill that would create new restrictions on rifle sales and allow some teachers to carry guns in schools.

By Brendan Farrington, Terry Spencer and Gary Fineout, Associated Press.

5 minute read

March 02, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Florida 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

3 minute read

February 14, 2018 | Daily Business Review

An 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

4 minute read

February 06, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Former 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

5 minute read

February 02, 2018 | Daily Business Review

A 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

3 minute read

December 28, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A Palm Beach circuit judge ordered R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. to continue paying the state millions of dollars in settlement money despite selling off…

By Brendan Farrington

2 minute read

December 08, 2017 | Daily Business Review

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

3 minute read

October 25, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Sherry Johnson was 11 years old when she was forced to marry her 20-year-old rapist through a loophole in a Florida law that doesn't set a minimum age…

By Brendan Farrington

8 minute read

June 26, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Florida has more registered Democrats than Republicans, but the balance of power in government doesn't even come close to reflecting that.

By Brendan Farrington

8 minute read