Dara Kam

March 17, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The state's largest electric utility is pushing two proposals—put on the fast track by Republican leaders—that amount to end runs around recent court rulings, drawing outrage from consumer groups and large utility customers.

By Dara Kam

11 minute read

March 17, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Four years ago, House and Senate leaders thought they had finally settled a decade-old turf battle between the state's optometrists and ophthalmologists.

By Dara Kam

8 minute read

March 14, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Lawyers for convicted felons filed a class-action lawsuit Monday against Florida officials, alleging that the state's process for restoring voting rights to people who have completed their sentences is arbitrary.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

March 07, 2017 | Daily Business Review

For some, Desmond Meade is the epitome of convicted felons who've turned their lives around. The onetime drug addict, who was homeless after being released from prison in 2004, has a law degree and devoted much of the past five years to helping others.

By Dara Kam

12 minute read

March 06, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Rick Scott named 14 people, nearly all of them loyalists who have served the governor or been appointed by him in other capacities, to the state Constitution Revision Commission.

By Dara Kam

9 minute read

March 03, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The state Supreme Court ordered a six-month suspension and other penalties for a North Florida judge who has been the focus of potential impeachment proceedings launched by House Speaker Richard Corcoran.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

March 02, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Rick Scott has tapped Bradenton homebuilder Carlos Beruff to chair the Constitution Revision Commission, a powerful post for the governor's political ally who last year lost a Republican primary bid for the U.S. Senate to incumbent Marco Rubio.

By Dara Kam

7 minute read

March 01, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A philosophical schism is plaguing a fractured Republican Party leading up to what insiders characterize as potentially one of the most contentious legislative sessions in modern history.

By Dara Kam

7 minute read

February 15, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A key House panel used a judge accused of once throwing his law firm's clients "under the bus," and whose case has awaited action from the Florida Supreme Court for more than a year, to highlight the chamber's dissatisfaction with how judicial wrongdoing is handled.

By Dara Kam

8 minute read

February 14, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A mother-and-daughter bakery did not discriminate against a potential customer when the owners refused to make a cake with an anti-gay slogan, an administrative law judge decided.

By Dara Kam

9 minute read