Dara Kam

March 10, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Rep. Joe Geller argued that the proposal is "fundamentally unfair" to homemakers who get "dumped" after their spouses achieve success.

By Dara Kam

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March 08, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Proponents of the bill Monday argued that the state could have to resume the use of the electric chair if it is unable to purchase the drugs used in the three-drug lethal injection cocktail.

By Dara Kam

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March 07, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Lawmakers have often blasted backers of proposed amendments as out-of-state, deep-pocketed "special interests" or wealthy individuals who can afford to bankroll petition drives, which can cost upwards of $20 million to place on the ballot.

By Dara Kam

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March 03, 2022 | Daily Business Review

"I have always cared about what is right and leveling the playing field and trying to be a solid voice to make everyone safer," she said. "When I become that big change in Tallahassee, we'll see a more fair Florida."

By Dara Kam

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March 02, 2022 | Daily Business Review

"There's only one winner in all of this and all of divorce. … The only winners are the lawyers because they take home the money," one divorcee told the Rules Committee.

By Dara Kam

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February 24, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Ron DeSantis has used the issue of unaccompanied children to drum up support among his conservative base of supporters.

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February 23, 2022 | Daily Business Review

"The question here is whether the policy discriminates against transgender students, and isn't it the case that transgender students have to use either the birth-assigned sex bathroom or a unisex bathroom?" Judge Robin Rosenbaum asked an attorney who represents the St. Johns County school board.

By Dara Kam

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February 22, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Health officials accused the doctor of failing to "appropriately vet his patients" and follow a 2017 law requiring physicians to use certain procedures before determining patients are eligible for medical marijuana, such as deciding that its use would outweigh potential health risks.

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February 15, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Bill sponsor Daniel Perez in Miami said the "great thing" about the bill is that voters whose identification on the mail-in ballots does not match information on file will have an opportunity to "cure" their ballots, a process now in use for voters whose signatures on mail-in ballots don't match signatures on file.

By Dara Kam

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February 11, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Ron DeSantis, widely viewed as a top Republican contender for president in 2024, directed the state Department of Children and Families in September to stop issuing or renewing licenses to providers that shelter unaccompanied immigrant children.

By Dara Kam

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