Brendan Farrington

June 12, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Florida became the first state with a law that spells out that prosecutors, and not defendants, have the burden of proof in pretrial "stand your ground" hearings when Republican Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Friday.

By Brendan Farrington

4 minute read

May 30, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Lucy McBath is afraid many more people will die if Florida Gov. Rick Scott signs a bill making it harder to prosecute when people claim they commit violence in self-defense.

By Brendan Farrington

8 minute read

May 25, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Across the nation, 152 children under 12 were accidentally shot and killed, by either self-inflicted gunshot wounds or by another child, from 2014 through 2016.

By Brendan Farrington

8 minute read

May 10, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A plan to build reservoirs south of Florida's Lake Okeechobee to treat polluted water before it flows downstream became law as Republican Gov. Rick Scott signed that and 10 other bills.

By Brendan Farrington

4 minute read

April 28, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Florida could become the first state to issue what's essentially a birth certificate for women who've had miscarriages under a bill the Legislature sent to Gov. Rick Scott.

By Brendan Farrington

4 minute read

April 19, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Miami Republican Frank Artiles gives a three-minute apology on the Senate floor and loses his committee chairmanship.

By Brendan Farrington

6 minute read

April 19, 2017 | Daily Business Review

It's taken decades, but Florida is now apologizing for two of the darker misdeeds of its past.

By Brendan Farrington

7 minute read

April 17, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A state representative who opposed removing a statue of a Confederate general from the U.S. Capitol is now blocking its replacement, apparently because he isn't happy that Walt Disney won't be representing the state of Florida.

By Brendan Farrington

6 minute read

April 06, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Florida may spend up to $1.2 million to build two memorials and rebury the bodies of children whose remains were found on the site of a now-shuttered reform school.

By Brendan Farrington

7 minute read

February 28, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The Republican-dominated Legislature's tense relationship with the state Supreme Court is hanging over this year's legislative session as lawmakers take up two bills to deal with the aftermath of court rulings that Republicans don't like.

By Brendan Farrington

9 minute read