Dara Kam

April 21, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Sen. Joe Gruters told the Senate Rules Committee that the goal of the proposal was to make it easier for older alimony payers to be able to retire and make divorces more amicable for couples parting ways.

By Dara Kam

4 minute read

April 20, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Bill sponsor Blaise Ingoglia pushed back against criticism of the legislation, pointing out that Floridians have a variety of ways to vote, including in-person early voting, mail-in voting and voting on Election Day.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

April 19, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Corrections Secretary Mark Inch argues that the shift-hour reduction would help the department alleviate its high turnover rate, recruit new employees and ensure critical posts are manned.

By Dara Kam and Jim Turner

6 minute read

April 19, 2021 | Daily Business Review

"In 2021, we still live in two different Americas," Sen. Bobby Powell, a West Palm Beach Democrat, said.

By Dara Kam

3 minute read

April 15, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Sen. Perry Thurston is worried the bill would saddled Black youths he mentors with criminal convictions just for going out and expressing themselves.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

April 14, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Sen. Dennis Baxley's amendments to his proposal would bring the Senate package closer to a House version and is more palatable to voting-rights advocates.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

April 12, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Critics warn that the bill will chill free speech and have a disparately negative impact on Black people.

By Dara Kam

7 minute read

April 09, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Attorney General Ashley Moody and Gov. Ron DeSantis argue that the state is at risk of losing billions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs as federal health officials sideline the cruise industry.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

April 07, 2021 | Daily Business Review

First District Court of Appeal Judge Lori Rowe wrote that no conflict exists between Marsy's Law and a decades-old government-in-the-sunshine amendment that enshrined in the Florida Constitution some of the nation's broadest public-records laws.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

April 01, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Senate bill sponsor Kelli Stargel says that her proposal is designed to make sports more equitable for girls and young women.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read