Brendan Farrington
March 09, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Governor Signs Compromise School Safety Bill After Parkland TragedyGov. 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
Florida Senators Pass Gun Restrictions; House Yet to ActIt 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 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
3 minute read
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
4 minute read
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
5 minute read
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
3 minute read
December 28, 2017 | Daily Business Review
Judge Orders RJ Reynolds to Keep Paying Florida MillionsA 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
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
3 minute read
October 25, 2017 | Daily Business Review
Woman Who Married at 11 Seeks to Change Florida Marriage LawSherry 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 Politics Lopsided Despite Required Fair DistrictsFlorida 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
