October 11, 2016 | Daily Business Review
After Matthew, Court Extends Florida Registration DeadlineA federal judge has given Democrats a partial victory in the presidential battleground of Florida, extending the state's voter registration deadline one day and agreeing to consider a longer extension in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.
By Bill Barrow and Gary Fineout, Associated Press
8 minute read
October 04, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Florida Gaming Regulators Face Seminoles; Judge Holds CardsA federal trial that could shape the future of gambling in Florida has begun as attorneys for the state and the Seminole Tribe accused the other side of reneging on its promises.
By Gary Fineout, Associated Press
6 minute read
September 27, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Florida Man Involved in Gun Rights Case Arrested for MurderA tangled Florida Panhandle case involving a sheriff, accusations of misconduct, and an argument over gun rights has taken a new twist: a homicide.
By Gary Fineout, Associated Press
6 minute read
September 22, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Florida Agrees to Release Witness in Federal Mob TrialsA top informant who federal prosecutors credit with leading to multiple arrests and indictments of organized crime figures won a bid to be released early from prison.
By Gary Fineout, Associated Press
5 minute read
September 13, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Next Florida House Speaker Contends GOP Budget Full of WasteFlorida's next House speaker, laying the groundwork for a likely contentious 2017 session, says that the state budget put together by him and other Republican leaders is full of wasteful spending that he is now promising to cut.
By Gary Fineout, Associated Press
4 minute read
August 31, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Indicted Rep. Brown Loses Re-Election Bid to Former State SenatorU.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, who was one of the first blacks elected to Congress from Florida since Reconstruction, lost her battle to remain in office.
By Gary Fineout, Associated Press
4 minute read
August 22, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Florida May Rebury Reform School Bodies in the State CapitalAmid a contentious debate that evoked race, spilled blood and child abuse, a state-created task force recommended that Florida move bodies found on the campus of a now-shuttered reform school and bury them somewhere in the state's capital city.
By Gary Fineout, Associated Press
6 minute read
August 04, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Florida Quietly Launched New Probe Into Troubled SchoolOver the past two years, Florida authorities quietly launched new probes into homicide and sexual abuse allegations associated with a notorious and now shuttered reform school in the Panhandle.
By Gary Fineout, Associated Press
7 minute read
July 25, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Florida's Jobs Agency Gives Checks to Departing EmployeesAmid a major shake-up pushed by Gov. Rick Scott, the Florida agency responsible for luring jobs to the state is paying nearly $500,000 to departing employees.
By Gary Fineout, Associated Press
5 minute read
May 20, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Insurers Tell Florida: Don't Make Us Look for BeneficiariesFour companies that sell life insurance in Florida are trying to get a judge to block a new law that requires them to annually check to see if policyholders have died and then try to find beneficiaries when they have.
By Gary Fineout Associated Press
5 minute read