Jim Saunders

April 18, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Supreme Court declined to take up a battle about an effort to impose rent controls in Orange County, after an appeals court rejected a…

By Jim Saunders

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April 14, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The bill would affect only the sentencing process and not what is known as the "guilt phase" of murder cases. Juries would still have to be unanimous in finding defendants guilty before sentencing could begin.

By Jim Saunders

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April 14, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Supporters have said the bill reflects fetal heartbeats being detected at six weeks of pregnancy, but opponents have contended that it would lead to a virtual ban on abortion, in part because many women don't know they are pregnant at six weeks.

By Jim Saunders

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April 07, 2023 | Daily Business Review

A Sarasota County property appraiser determined that 15% of a property was not entitled to a homestead exemption because it was being rented to a tenant.

By Jim Saunders

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April 05, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Darryl Barwick, now 56, was sentenced to death in the 1986 stabbing death of Rebecca Wendt, who was found wrapped in a comforter in her Panama City apartment, according to court documents. Wendt was stabbed 37 times.

By Jim Saunders

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April 05, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Ron DeSantis says an attempt by a suspended Hillsborough County state attorney to get reinstated should be decided by the state Senate.

By Jim Saunders

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April 04, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Democrats have accused Republicans of trying to make it harder to cast ballots with changes involving issues such as voting by mail.

By Jim Saunders

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March 30, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Dozens of union members watched from the gallery as the Republican-controlled Senate voted 23-17 to pass the measure.

By Jim Saunders

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March 29, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The attorneys argue in part that a jury was not given evidence of Louis Gaskin's mental illness before recommending that he be sentenced to death for the 1989 murders of a Flagler County couple.

By Jim Saunders

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March 29, 2023 | Daily Business Review

In addition to the six-week limit, another proposed change requires that abortion-inducing medication be provided in person by physicians and not through the mail.

By Jim Saunders

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