Dara Kam

March 05, 2016 | Daily Business Review

State lawmakers signed off on a measure intended to cure Florida's death penalty system, but defense lawyers say the proposed fix is flawed and will be challenged in court.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

3 minute read

March 04, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Hours after hearing arguments in the case, the Florida Supreme Court indefinitely postponed the execution of Mark James Asay, a convicted double murderer scheduled to die on March 17.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

March 04, 2016 | Daily Business Review

After years of wrangling, lawmakers are poised to approve an alimony overhaul that would do away with permanent alimony and change the way judges decide how much time children should spend with their divorced parents.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

4 minute read

March 03, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A proposal that would have ratified a $3 billion gambling deal between the state and the Seminole Tribe folded in the Senate, indicating the bill is doomed for the legislative session that ends next week.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

March 02, 2016 | Daily Business Review

After a tense debate, a Senate committee backed a bill that calls for allowing terminally ill patients to have access to medical marijuana and revamping a 2014 cannabis law that has been tangled in legal fights.

By Jim Saunders and Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

4 minute read

March 02, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Calling it a "love note" to the Senate, a key House committee signed off on a sweeping gambling bill that would ratify a $3 billion agreement with the Seminole Tribe and allow pari-mutuels in at least five counties to add slot machines.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

February 27, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Florida lawmakers are poised to resolve a fundamental flaw with the state's death penalty sentencing system, as a Senate measure heads to the floor for a vote as early as this week.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

February 18, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A proposed alimony overhaul appears on the rocks, with the House and Senate again divided over a child time-sharing component included in the upper chamber's proposal.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

4 minute read

February 17, 2016 | Daily Business Review

It's been more than a year since same-sex marriages became legal in Florida, but a state law banning the unions is still on the books, and a proposal to repeal it seems doomed.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

2 minute read

February 12, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The daughter of one murder victim and the mother of another pleaded with lawmakers not to require unanimous jury recommendations before death sentences can be imposed, pointing to their family members' cases as proof that unanimity is a bad idea.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

6 minute read