August 24, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Prison System Ordered to Accommodate Transgender InmateU.S. District Judge Mark Walker on Wednesday ordered the Florida Department of Corrections to continue providing hormone treatments to Reiyn Keohane, who was born a male but began identifying as female at age 8 and started wearing women's clothing, makeup and hairstyles at 14, according to court records.
By Dara Kam
7 minute read
August 17, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Greene, Levine Hammer Each Other in Democratic FightThe two Democrats are linking each other to a president reviled by left-leaning voters deemed crucial for a primary election victory.
By Dara Kam
6 minute read
August 14, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Gun Rights Ad Draws NRA Rebuke in Agriculture Commissioner RaceMarion Hammer, the National Rifle Association's longtime Florida lobbyist, requested that the endorsed candidate, Matt Caldwell, apologize for the ad against Republican primary opponent Denise Grimsley.
By Jim Turner and Dara Kam
4 minute read
August 13, 2018 | Daily Business Review
In Sunshine State, the Political Season Is Turning NastyIn their final debate before the Aug. 28 Republican gubernatorial primary, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis jabbed early and often in an hourlong exchange last week.
By Dara Kam
6 minute read
August 08, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Chewing Gum Heir Sinks Money Into Medical MarijuanaIn a transaction some construe as the normalization of the medical cannabis industry, William “Beau” Wrigley Jr. led a $65 million round of funding in Surterra Wellness, one of Florida's 14 licensed medical marijuana operators.
By Dara Kam
1 minute read
August 07, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Ruling Rejects Limits on Medical Marijuana BusinessesThe cap on the number of “medical marijuana treatment centers,” as they are known in Florida law, “directly contradicts the amendment,” Leon County Circuit Judge Charles Dodson ruled in an eight-page order last week.
By Dara Kam
1 minute read
August 03, 2018 | Daily Business Review
State Goes Along With Federal Judge's Early Voting RulingBut elections supervisors in Alachua, Leon and Hillsborough counties say it's too late to secure early voting sites before the Aug. 28 primaries, and they're not sure whether they can nail down on-campus sites before the November general election.
By Dara Kam
1 minute read
July 31, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Widely Criticized State Medical Marijuana Chief Stepping DownChristian Bax leaves as state health officials prepare for an onslaught of applications for a handful of highly sought-after marijuana licenses.
By Dara Kam
1 minute read
July 26, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Judge Rules Against State on Campus Early VotingCalling it a “ham-handed” effort to keep young voters from casting ballots, a federal judge Tuesday struck down as unconstitutional an opinion…
By Dara Kam
1 minute read
July 26, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Appeals Court Weighs Restoration of Felons' RightsYraida Guanipa, a Miami consultant, stood outside the federal appeals court Wednesday morning in downtown Atlanta dressed in a bright orange scarf…
By Dara Kam
1 minute read