Dara Kam

July 26, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Under the law, only medical doctors and osteopathic physicians—not nurse practitioners—are allowed to order hormone therapy.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

July 24, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Under a law that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed last month, the health department was required to issue licenses to Black farmers whose applications did not have any identified deficiencies.

By Dara Kam

4 minute read

July 20, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Supreme Court twice ruled that previous initiatives aimed at authorizing adult use of marijuana did not meet constitutional muster.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

July 03, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Critics have argued that the sports-betting arrangement would not comply with a 2018 constitutional amendment that requires statewide voter approval of gambling expansions in Florida.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

July 03, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The approval drew an outcry from members of the "First Wives Advocacy Group," a coalition of mostly older women who receive permanent alimony and who assert that their lives will be upended without the payments.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

June 29, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The NAACP's Florida chapter, the League of Women Voters of Florida and Hispanic Federation allege the measures will harm efforts to sign up Black and Hispanic voters and unconstitutionally restrict speech rights.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

June 26, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The Republican-controlled Legislature passed the measure after the DeSantis administration cracked down on venues in South Florida and Central Florida where children attended drag shows.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

June 23, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren argued that Gov. Ron DeSantis "exceeded his powers."

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

June 13, 2023 | Daily Business Review

A federal judge ruled that the Republican-controlled Health & Human Services Committee "has shown a legitimate interest in the requested records" and that the pediatricians had "not shown any harm that the interest would not overcome."

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

June 12, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The Legislature this spring passed a measure that, in part, takes away the authority of the governor and Cabinet to make the decisions about police budgets.

By Dara Kam

4 minute read