Dara Kam

March 05, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Ron DeSantis has suspended Okaloosa County Superintendent of Schools Mary Beth Jackson, citing “scathing” grand jury reports that alleged “dereliction of duty.”

By Dara Kam

4 minute read

March 01, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The Republican governor also urged Florida sheriffs to join a handful of their colleagues participating in a federal immigration enforcement program in which U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, deputizes local law officials.

By Dara Kam and Jim Turner

5 minute read

February 26, 2019 | Daily Business Review

On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the state's deadliest school shooting, Gov. Ron DeSantis asked the court to impanel the grand jury to “make recommendations about what some of the various school districts could do better.”

By Dara Kam

4 minute read

February 22, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The House and Senate moved closer to agreement on the issue after the House Appropriations Committee eliminated a proposal that would have restricted medical marijuana dispensaries to selling prerolled cannabis cigarettes with filters.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

February 20, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Ron DeSantis accused Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel of “neglect of duty” and “incompetence” related to the high school shooting at Parkland that left 17 dead and 17 others injured.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

February 19, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Appellate Judges Robin Rosenbaum and Beverly Martin wrote that the Florida process places undue burdens on the right to vote.

By Dara Kam

7 minute read

February 15, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The constitutional amendment, approved by 64 percent of Florida voters in November, exempts murderers and people who have committed “felony sex offenses” from automatic voting-rights restoration.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

February 14, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Ron DeSantis made the announcement Wednesday, flanked by family members of the 17 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students and staff gunned down last Valentine's Day.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

February 08, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Medical marijuana has become a multibillion-dollar industry throughout the nation, but banks are shunning cannabis companies because pot remains illegal under federal law.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

February 07, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The House proposal, released Tuesday afternoon, would require doctors get the approval of a “case review panel” before they could order smokable marijuana for patients.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read