Dara Kam

January 11, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz emphasizes the need for Democrats to work together to make inroads in Florida, where the GOP has controlled both legislative chambers, the governor's mansion and the state Cabinet for more than two decades.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

December 30, 2020 | Daily Business Review

The National Rifle Association accuses the state's expert witness of failing to provide "any hard evidence that young adults age 18 to 20 are more likely to commit criminal violence with a purchased firearm than other adults."

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

December 09, 2020 | Daily Business Review

The National Rifle Association is challenging a Florida law, passed in the aftermath of the 2018 mass shooting at a Parkland high school, that prevents people under age 21 from buying guns.

By Dara Kam

4 minute read

November 30, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Bessman Okafor, left, was convicted in a 2012 murder in Orange County, and Michael James Jackson, right, was convicted in two 2005 murders in Duval County.

By Jim Saunders and Dara Kam

6 minute read

November 20, 2020 | Daily Business Review

One of Jeffrey Epstein's victims is seeking to undo a nonprosecution agreement that allowed the notorious sex offender to avoid federal charges.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

November 17, 2020 | Daily Business Review

The U.S. Department of Justice report found that former South Florida U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta used "poor judgment" in striking a nonprosecution agreement with notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein more than a decade ago.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

November 02, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Ron Labasky sent an email to supervisors after lawyers for voting-rights advocates raised an alert about possible problems encountered by felons trying to cast ballots during the early voting period, which ended Sunday.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

October 23, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Broward County Supervisor of Elections Pete Antonacci has held a series of high-level jobs, including Palm Beach County state attorney, general counsel to former Gov. Rick Scott and executive director of the South Florida Water Management District.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

October 13, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Supervisors and public-interest groups are trying to spread the word that it could take days for elections officials to get a final tally in the battle between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

September 28, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Backers of what appeared as Amendment 4 on the state's 2018 ballot maintain that it affects more than 1 million Floridians who lost their voting rights after felony convictions and who have completed their time in lockup.

By Dara Kam

7 minute read