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Dara Kam

Dara Kam

August 24, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Prison System Ordered to Accommodate Transgender Inmate

U.S. District Judge Mark Walker on Wednesday ordered the Florida Department of Corrections to continue providing hormone treatments to Reiyn Keohane, who was born a male but began identifying as female at age 8 and started wearing women's clothing, makeup and hairstyles at 14, according to court records.

By Dara Kam

7 minute read

August 17, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Greene, Levine Hammer Each Other in Democratic Fight

The two Democrats are linking each other to a president reviled by left-leaning voters deemed crucial for a primary election victory.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

August 14, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Gun Rights Ad Draws NRA Rebuke in Agriculture Commissioner Race

Marion Hammer, the National Rifle Association's longtime Florida lobbyist, requested that the endorsed candidate, Matt Caldwell, apologize for the ad against Republican primary opponent Denise Grimsley.

By Jim Turner and Dara Kam

4 minute read

August 13, 2018 | Daily Business Review

In Sunshine State, the Political Season Is Turning Nasty

In their final debate before the Aug. 28 Republican gubernatorial primary, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis jabbed early and often in an hourlong exchange last week.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read

August 08, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Chewing Gum Heir Sinks Money Into Medical Marijuana

In a transaction some construe as the normalization of the medical cannabis industry, William “Beau” Wrigley Jr. led a $65 million round of funding in Surterra Wellness, one of Florida's 14 licensed medical marijuana operators.

By Dara Kam

1 minute read

August 07, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Ruling Rejects Limits on Medical Marijuana Businesses

The cap on the number of “medical marijuana treatment centers,” as they are known in Florida law, “directly contradicts the amendment,” Leon County Circuit Judge Charles Dodson ruled in an eight-page order last week.

By Dara Kam

1 minute read

August 03, 2018 | Daily Business Review

State Goes Along With Federal Judge's Early Voting Ruling

But elections supervisors in Alachua, Leon and Hillsborough counties say it's too late to secure early voting sites before the Aug. 28 primaries, and they're not sure whether they can nail down on-campus sites before the November general election.

By Dara Kam

1 minute read

July 31, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Widely Criticized State Medical Marijuana Chief Stepping Down

Christian Bax leaves as state health officials prepare for an onslaught of applications for a handful of highly sought-after marijuana licenses.

By Dara Kam

1 minute read

July 26, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Judge Rules Against State on Campus Early Voting

Calling it a “ham-handed” effort to keep young voters from casting ballots, a federal judge Tuesday struck down as unconstitutional an opinion…

By Dara Kam

1 minute read

July 26, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Appeals Court Weighs Restoration of Felons' Rights

Yraida Guanipa, a Miami consultant, stood outside the federal appeals court Wednesday morning in downtown Atlanta dressed in a bright orange scarf…

By Dara Kam

1 minute read