Dara Kam

February 06, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The move by the now-conservative majority was a victory for business groups who have fought an ordinance that Miami Beach passed in 2016 to raise the minimum wage locally.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

February 05, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The limit on the number of retail storefronts was included in a 2017 law aimed at carrying out a constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

January 24, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Senate Criminal Justice Chairman Keith Perry vowed not to have “any kind of hindrance or roadblocks” in implementing Amendment 4, approved by nearly 65 percent of voters in November.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

January 11, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Snipes, a Democrat appointed by former Gov. Jeb Bush and subsequently re-elected four times, announced Nov. 18 she would step down as supervisor, effective Jan. 4, after a turbulent election.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

January 09, 2019 | Daily Business Review

But on the same day Ron DeSantis was sworn into office as governor, lawyers for the state tried to persuade a three-judge panel to uphold the smoking prohibition.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

January 08, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Following a series of election mishaps and demands for her resignation, ousted Broward County elections chief Brenda Snipes announced Nov. 18 that she would step down from her post, effective Jan. 4.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

December 18, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The former congresswoman spent much of her childhood in the public eye as the daughter of Bob Graham, a former Florida governor and U.S. senator.

By Dara Kam

9 minute read

December 14, 2018 | Daily Business Review

“You've got to have somebody there who can swiftly and effectively neutralize the threat, and that means killing the killer,” Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

December 10, 2018 | Daily Business Review

It was unclear immediately which legal fights the DeSantis administration might abandon after it takes office on Jan. 8.

By Dara Kam

7 minute read

December 05, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Amendment 4, approved by nearly 65 percent of voters last month, “automatically” restores voting rights for convicted felons who have completed their sentences, paid restitution and court costs and fulfilled probation requirements.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read