Dara Kam

April 16, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The state and the tribe are back at the negotiating table in hopes of finalizing a revenue-sharing agreement in which the Seminoles would pay the state in exchange for the exclusive rights to operate certain types of gambling.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

April 10, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The proposal that would cap the level of euphoria-inducing THC in smokable medical marijuana.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

April 09, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Sen. Jeff Brandes said he thinks the Senate is “moving in the right direction,” and that the House and Senate still have “many, many conversations” ahead before they reach consensus on a final bill.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

April 05, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Rep. James Grant, R-Tampa, has crafted a bill that's shot him into the national spotlight, and spawned hundreds of phone calls and emails to legislators urging them to kill the proposal.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

April 04, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The decision by the First District Court of Appeal overturned a ruling by Leon County Circuit Judge Karen Gievers, who last year gave prominent Tampa strip-club owner Joe Redner the go-ahead to grow marijuana for juicing purposes.

By Dara Kam

4 minute read

March 27, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The arguments at the First District Court of Appeal came a little more than a year after a Leon County circuit judge struck down a 2015 state waiting-period law as unconstitutional.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

March 20, 2019 | Daily Business Review

In a strict party-line vote following heated testimony, the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee signed off on the measure aimed at clarifying parts of a constitutional amendment approved by voters in November.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

March 19, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The Republican-controlled Legislature included the prohibition against smoking medical marijuana in a 2017 law aimed at carrying out a constitutional amendment.

By Dara Kam

4 minute read

March 12, 2019 | Daily Business Review

A Florida sheriff is encouraging his county colleagues to adopt a newly hatched program that's inexpensive, requires just hours of training and would satisfy the governor and Legislature's goals.

By Dara Kam

7 minute read

March 06, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Senate President Bill Galvano, a Bradenton Republican who's more familiar with Florida's byzantine gambling laws than any other legislator, has named sports betting as one of his priorities.

By Dara Kam

8 minute read