Jim Saunders News Service Of Florida

January 03, 2017 | Daily Business Review

In a victory for business groups, an administrative law judge ruled that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection overstepped its authority in proposing new requirements for notifying the public when pollution occurs.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

December 29, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A divided South Florida appeals court rejected a legal-dependency request from four undocumented-immigrant children who entered the United States after their parents died in El Salvador.

By Jim Saunders News Service of Florida

6 minute read

December 21, 2016 | Daily Business Review

With Donald Trump moving into the White House and Republicans controlling Congress, Florida Senate President Joe Negron said Tuesday he wants to start working on a "framework" for how the state could move forward with major changes in the Medicaid program.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

December 21, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A federal judge has flatly refused a request from Gov. Rick Scott's administration to reconsider a ruling that Florida violated a gambling agreement with the Seminole Tribe.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

December 19, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The battle lines are being drawn. Or maybe they never went away. But Florida senators last week got a taste of the debate that will play out in the coming months among business, legal and labor groups as the Legislature looks at revamping the workers' compensation insurance system.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

December 15, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Amid debates across the country about higher minimum wages, three major Florida business groups filed a lawsuit challenging a plan to gradually raise the minimum wage in Miami Beach.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

December 15, 2016 | Daily Business Review

With a major nursing-home group looking for changes, a Senate panel began delving into part of the Medicaid program that involves seniors enrolling in managed-care plans.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

December 13, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A state appeals court said an increase in workers' compensation insurance rates will continue amid a legal battle about whether Florida's Sunshine Law was violated during the ratemaking process.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

8 minute read

December 13, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up a death row inmate's appeal in the four-decade-old murder of an Orlando car salesman, but Justice Stephen Breyer used the case to raise broader questions about the death penalty.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

December 12, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Attorney General Pam Bondi's office wants the Florida Supreme Court to take up a case involving a prominent Jacksonville lawyer who was charged with racketeering and gambling-related crimes because of his ties to the Internet cafe industry.

By Jim Saunders News Service of Florida

5 minute read