Jim Saunders

March 07, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Lawmakers in 2018 increased the minimum age from 18 to 21 to purchase long guns after former Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Nikolas Cruz, then 19, used a semi-automatic rifle to kill 17 students and faculty members and injure 17 others.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

March 07, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The Senate Criminal Justice Committee approved a bill that would allow judges to sentence defendants to death based on the recommendations of eight of 12 jurors.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

March 06, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The bills will add fuel to debates that have repeatedly flared in Florida and numerous other Republican-controlled states about treatment for gender dysphoria.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

March 02, 2023 | Daily Business Review

U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom of the Southern District of Florida issued a preliminary injunction against a restriction on state and local officials lobbying other government bodies while in office.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

3 minute read

March 02, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Attorney General Ashley Moody's office has asked justices to reverse more than three decades of legal precedents and find that the privacy clause does not apply to abortion.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

March 01, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Florida lawmakers next week will start the annual 60-day legislative session. Here are 10 big issues to watch.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

3 minute read

February 27, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The plan (HB 837) comes after years of business groups calling Florida a "judicial hellhole" because of the frequency and costs of lawsuits.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida.

5 minute read

February 24, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Sen. Dennis Baxley, a funeral director and former mayor of Belleview, pointed out that city and county ordinances can be the "death knell" for small businesses.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

February 23, 2023 | Daily Business Review

State Sen. Jason Pizzo, D-Hollywood, said he achieved what he sought in the lawsuit, at least in part because it spurred the Legislature to make changes.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

February 23, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a petition filed by convicted murderer Donald David Dillbeck's attorneys that centered on whether Dillbeck should be shielded from execution because of a neurological condition caused by being exposed to alcohol before birth.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read