Jason Dearen

June 15, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The Panther Island Mitigation Bank is part of a federal system designed to restore wetlands across the United States.

By Jason Dearen, Associated Press

1 minute read

September 12, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The cranes were among two dozen such heavyweight hazards looming over the city skyline as the monster storm powered across the state.

By Jason Dearen, Adriana Gomez Licon and Jennifer Kay

4 minute read

August 16, 2017 | Daily Business Review

University of Florida's president calls out the "racist rhetoric" of organizer Richard Spencer.

By Jason Dearen

4 minute read

July 20, 2017 | Daily Business Review

In promotional brochures, a U.S. company boasted of the "stunning visual effect" its shimmering aluminum panels created in an NFL stadium, an Alaskan high school and a luxury hotel along Baltimore's Inner Harbor that "soars 33 stories into the air." Those same panels — Reynobond composite material with a polyethylene core — also were used in the Grenfell Tower apartment building in London. British authorities say they're investigating whether the panels helped spread the blaze that ripped across the building's outer walls, killing at least 80 people.

By Juliet Linderman, Jason Dearen and Jeff Martin

15 minute read

May 11, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Former U.S. Rep. Corinne Brown is convicted of pocketing donations to a charity promoted for giving scholarships to poor students.

By Jason Dearen

6 minute read

May 04, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown's ex-chief of staff testified that he gave her a steady stream of blank checks and cash from the account of a purported scholarship fund for poor kids that federal prosecutors say she used to fund a lavish lifestyle, including parties in her own honor and shopping trips.

By Jason Dearen

8 minute read

January 30, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The Rev. Rene Robert devoted his life to helping society's most troubled, working with drug addicts and criminals and even signing a "Declaration of Life" that called for his killer to be spared execution in the event of his murder.

By Kate Brumback And Jason Dearen

10 minute read

July 08, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The Jacksonville Democrat is accused of fleecing a charity offering scholarships to poor students.

By Jason Dearen and Curt Anderson

6 minute read

May 19, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A cargo ship captain who worked for the company that owned the doomed freighter El Faro testified that he was fired after reporting safety concerns about his ship.

By Jason Dearen Associated Press

6 minute read

May 06, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Florida's Supreme Court wrestled with whether an inmate sentenced to death under a system found to be unconstitutional should have his punishment reduced to life in prison, and the lives of nearly 400 other condemned prisoners may depend on the decision.

By Joe Reedy and Jason Dearen, Associated Press

4 minute read