Jim Turner

October 01, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Ranchers, farmers and timber growers are reporting widespread damage from the wind and rain of Hurricane Helene, which raced through rural North Florida last week.

By Jim Turner | News Service of Florida

4 minute read

December 20, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Cabinet approved a new ranking list of 258 farms, ranches and forests that could be preserved through the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Rural and Family Lands Protection Program.

By Jim Turner

3 minute read

December 14, 2023 | Daily Business Review

A state labor law includes a series of restrictions for 16- and 17-year-olds, including how many hours they can work, what times of day they can work and jobs they can perform.

By Jim Turner

4 minute read

December 08, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Bills filed in the House and Senate called for imposing a registration fee on electric vehicles to make up for lost gas-tax revenue, which is used for transportation projects.

By Jim Turner

4 minute read

December 07, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Annual fees of $50 a year would be imposed on plug-in hybrids that use a combination of electricity and gas and $25 fees would be imposed on electric motorcycles.

By Jim Turner

4 minute read

December 06, 2023 | Daily Business Review

House Speaker Paul Renner said social media is having a "devastating effect on kids," and lawmakers should be able to impose online regulations "in a meaningful way."

By Jim Turner

3 minute read

December 06, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The proposed fiscal 2024-25 budget, which would be a decrease from a $119.1 billion spending plan for the current fiscal year, is a starting point for lawmakers. They will negotiate a budget during the 2024 legislative session, which will start Jan. 9.

By Jim Turner and Ryan Dailey

6 minute read

December 05, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Jared Perdue said that the state will not participate in the federal Carbon Reduction Program, a five-year, $6.4 billion effort focused on emissions that contribute to global warming.

By Jim Turner

3 minute read

November 27, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Initially forecast to be "near normal," with 12 to 17 named storms, the six-month season is approaching its Nov. 30 end as one of the most active on record with 20 named systems so far.

By Jim Turner

5 minute read

November 21, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Under current rules, hunters are restricted during the season to a single area, known as an alligator management unit, and can only hunt during one of the first four weeks of the season.

By Jim Turner

3 minute read