Gary Fineout

February 13, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Florida's legal battle over voting rights for ex-prisoners escalated, as the state and a voting rights organization representing former felons made dramatically different requests of a federal judge.

By Gary Fineout, Associated Press

3 minute read

January 23, 2018 | Daily Report Online

"Throughout this fight, Florida has been, and continues to be, absolutely committed to subjecting every expense to strict scrutiny so that we can make certain that tax dollars are being spent appropriately," Gov. Rick Scott said in a statement.

By Gary Fineout, Associated Press

3 minute read

January 17, 2018 | Daily Business Review

A television producer for one of chef Emeril Lagasse's cooking shows caught in an escalating legal battle with the Florida House of Representatives won a temporary reprieve.

By Gary Fineout, Associated Press

3 minute read

January 11, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran said he has personally confronted former state legislators who sexually harassed others, but he won't name names.

By Gary Fineout, Associated Press

3 minute read

November 28, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Florida has paid more than $11 million over a 30-year period to settle hundreds of cases that alleged that state workers were sexually harassed by supervisors and co-workers, or were forced to work in a hostile work environment.

By Gary Fineout, Associated Press

7 minute read

November 21, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who has clashed with the state Supreme Court during his time in office, wants a current justice disqualified from a pending…

By Gary Fineout, Associated Press

3 minute read

November 06, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A television show hosted by celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse is at the center of a brewing court battle pitting the Florida House against the producer…

By Gary Fineout

6 minute read

November 03, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Against a backdrop of clandestine investigations and an exposed affair that prompted a lawmaker's resignation, a leading Republican state senator contends…

By Gary Fineout

7 minute read

September 25, 2017 | Daily Business Review

After 11 nursing home residents died in the sweltering heat of hurricane-induced power outages, Florida's nursing home industry is now on a collision course with Gov. Rick Scott.

By Gary Fineout

4 minute read

August 31, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Florida taxpayers have already spent $5 million on a state budget website that never went public. Now litigation over the failed project could cost another $200,000.

By Gary Fineout

2 minute read