Dara Kam

September 25, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of part of a new state law that requires a coveted medical-marijuana license to go to a black farmer.

By Jim Saunders and Dara Kam

7 minute read

September 07, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Rick Scott rejected the Obama approach but doesn't favor "punishing children for the actions of their parents."

By Dara Kam

9 minute read

August 29, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Gambling regulators have filed complaints alleging two pari-mutuel cardrooms failed to comply with requirements for "designated player games," after Gov. Rick Scott and the Seminole Tribe reached an agreement about the controversial card games this summer.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

August 18, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Florida cities and counties are in a dilemma about pot. State lawmakers approved regulations in June that left city and county officials with a Hobson's choice about the sale of medical marijuana in their communities.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

August 14, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Florida's next governor won't be elected for more than a year, but Republican leaders from across the state got a taste of what's in store — literally — during a gathering in Orlando this weekend.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

August 08, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A death row inmate scheduled to be executed this month continues to mount challenges to the state's newly adopted lethal-injection procedure — never before used in Florida or any other state — but Attorney General Pam Bondi's lawyers are urging the Florida Supreme Court to reject the latest attempt.

By Dara Kam

4 minute read

August 04, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Attorney General Pam Bondi's office Thursday asked the Florida Supreme Court to reject an appeal from Mark James Asay, a Death Row prisoner whose scheduled Aug. 24 execution would be the first in more than 18 months in the state.

By Dara Kam

7 minute read

August 02, 2017 | Daily Business Review

It's not unusual for lawyers representing death row prisoners whose execution dates have been set to file last-minute appeals to try to get more time to argue about why their clients should be spared.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

July 26, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Republican Jose Felix Diaz and Democrat Annette Taddeo handily defeated their opponents Tuesday in a Miami-Dade County special primary election as they seek to replace a GOP senator who resigned after a profanity-laced tirade this spring.

By Dara Kam

8 minute read

July 21, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Florida gambling regulators gave a Miami dog track permission to ditch greyhound races but keep more lucrative slot machines and card games, in a first-of-its-kind ruling.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read