Dara Kam

February 07, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The first Senate committee to review the change in the capital punishment law approves it on an 8-1 vote.

By Dara Kam

10 minute read

January 31, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Senate President Joe Negron resigned from his law firm to avoid a possible conflict of interest over the Republican leader's advocacy on a water issue that has put him directly at odds with one of the firm's biggest clients.

By by Dara Kam

9 minute read

January 30, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is proposing to spend $45 million to boost salaries of corrections and probation workers, with the aim of cutting down on overtime expenses and increasing safety in the state's troubled prison system.

By Dara Kam

7 minute read

January 30, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A federal judge hammered an attorney representing the state during a contentious hearing on an abortion law challenged by clergy members and abortion-rights proponents who contend the statute infringes on their First Amendment rights.

By Dara Kam

10 minute read

January 25, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Lawmakers are inching toward getting Florida's death penalty back on the books after a series of court rulings left the state without a way to condemn to death defendants convicted of capital crimes.

By Dara Kam News Service of Florida

8 minute read

January 23, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A key senator released the Legislature's first attempt at carrying out a constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana, with the proposal calling for a growing number of marijuana licenses and making it easier for doctors to order the treatment for patients.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

9 minute read

January 13, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A senator instrumental in the passage of the Legislature's last major gambling bill released a massive proposal that would allow slot machines in eight counties where voters have approved them, let South Florida pari-mutuels run blackjack games, and give tracks permission to do away with greyhound racing while keeping lucrative cardrooms and slots.

By Dara Kam News Service of Florida

9 minute read

January 11, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Two years after gay marriages became legal in Florida, the state has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit over birth certificates issued to children born into same-sex marriages.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

December 22, 2016 | Daily Business Review

State Senate President Joe Negron sees room for expanding slot machines to counties where voters have backed them as well as a revised compact with the Seminole tribe, the state's gambling leader.

By Jim Saunders and Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

9 minute read

December 19, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The state asked a federal judge to reconsider his decision that Florida violated a $1 billion gambling agreement with the Seminole Tribe.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

9 minute read