Jim Saunders

May 30, 2023 | Daily Business Review

A panel of federal judges cited a legal concept known as "legislative privilege," which it said prevents inquiry into motivations for legislative decisions.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

May 26, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Organizations such as the League of Women Voters of Florida, the NAACP and Hispanic Federation filed three federal lawsuits arguing that the new restrictions on voter-registration groups violate First Amendment rights and will harm efforts to sign up Black and Hispanic voters.

By Jim Saunders

5 minute read

May 25, 2023 | Daily Business Review

A 2018 constitutional amendment required shutting down the state's decades-old greyhound industry by Dec. 31, 2020.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

May 24, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Voting-rights groups want the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to take up a fight about whether a 2021 Florida elections law made changes that discriminated against Black voters.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

May 15, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The DeSantis administration paid $615,000 to fly the migrants from San Antonio, Texas, to Martha's Vineyard, with a brief stop in the Northwest Florida community of Crestview. The flights, which spurred national attention, came as Gov. Ron DeSantis frequently criticized federal border policies.

By Jim Saunders

5 minute read

May 11, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The bill includes stepping up requirements on businesses to check the immigration status of workers, cracking down on people who bring undocumented immigrants into Florida and collecting data about whether hospital patients are in the country legally.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

May 11, 2023 | Daily Business Review

While the law applies to a variety of public-employee unions across the state, unions representing law-enforcement officers, correctional officers and firefighters are exempted from the restrictions.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

May 08, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The newly formed Floridians Protecting Freedom will begin a campaign to pass a constitutional amendment supporting abortion rights.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

May 08, 2023 | Daily Business Review

In the latest round of partisan battles about elections laws, Republican legislators passed a bill that would place additional restrictions on voter-registration groups, ease campaign-finance reporting requirements and change a "resign to run" law to help clear the way for Gov. Ron DeSantis to potentially run for president in 2024.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

May 04, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The bill's critics said diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are important and that the legislation will drive away top faculty members and students.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read