Jim Saunders

October 06, 2023 | Daily Business Review

A 57-page brief filed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit said the law, approved this spring by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-led Legislature, is unconstitutional and violates the federal Fair Housing Act.

By Jim Saunders

5 minute read

October 06, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Attorneys for Secretary of State Cord Byrd filed a 73-page brief at the First District Court of Appeal in a battle that centers on a North Florida district that in the past elected Black Democrat Al Lawson.

By Jim Saunders

5 minute read

October 04, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Judge John Van Laningham said the state Education Practices Commission, which can discipline teachers, should exonerate Yojary E. Mundaray on allegations of wrongdoing stemming from the December 2019 incident at Jose de Diego Middle School where the teacher reportedly told a transgender student that "I'm a Christian, and my God made no mistakes" while refusing to call the student by preferred pronouns.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

October 03, 2023 | Daily Business Review

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Sept. 18 sent a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis citing "longstanding and ongoing underinvestment" in Florida A&M when compared to the University of Florida.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

October 02, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"Disney claims that the First Amendment gives it, rather than Florida lawmakers, the right to decide the structure and composition of the governing entity in the district," attorneys for the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District wrote.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

September 28, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Citizens' president and CEO said that Citizens is now forecasting it will have about 1.3 million policies at the end of 2023, after earlier estimates of 1.5 million to 1.7 million policies.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

September 26, 2023 | Daily Business Review

As courts across the state scramble to figure out how to apply a new death-penalty law, the resentencing of two men convicted in a notorious Volusia County case known as the "Xbox murders" adds to the questions.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

September 26, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Dealing a blow to teachers unions, a federal judge has refused to block part of a new Florida law that prevents union dues from being deducted from workers' paychecks.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

September 22, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The law included imposing new restrictions on mail-in ballot drop boxes and voter-registration groups and prohibiting people from giving snacks and drinks to voters waiting in line to cast ballots.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

September 21, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Convicted murderer Michael Duane Zack's attorneys have asked a federal appeals court for a stay of execution because they say he was "shut out" of a clemency process that could help spare him.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read