Jim Turner

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

November 21, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Port Canaveral and space-industry leaders continue to work on reducing interruptions in launches and cruise operations related to launches requiring exclusion zones where no marine traffic is permitted.

By Jim Turner

5 minute read