Jim Turner

December 10, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Outgoing Broward County Supervisor of Elections Pete Antonacci held posts such as Palm Beach County state attorney, general counsel to former Gov. Rick Scott and executive director of the South Florida Water Management District.

By Jim Turner

4 minute read

December 07, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Ron DeSantis included what he calls "alcohol to go" in a March executive order to help provide a source of revenue for restaurants, which had been forced to scale back their operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Jim Turner and Tom Urban

4 minute read

November 20, 2020 | Daily Business Review

House Speaker Chris Sprowls, left, and Senate President Wilton Simpson, right, expressed a desire to establish work programs that would address the increased impacts of rising sea levels in coastal communities.

By Jim Turner

4 minute read

November 06, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Incoming House Speaker Chris Sprowls, who takes the gavel on Nov. 17, sent a memo to House members that named a dozen leaders for the next two years and outlined changes such as creation of the Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee.

By Jim Turner

4 minute read

October 28, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Anthony Steven Guevara, 20, of Naples, faces a third-degree felony charge for allegedly altering the governor's registration without consent and for unauthorized access of a computer.

By Jim Turner

4 minute read

October 26, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Audubon Florida praised the efforts of the three state task forces for protecting natural areas and rural lands "from what could have been a disaster."

By Jim Turner

4 minute read

October 14, 2020 | Daily Business Review

If approved, Amendment 2 would increase the state's minimum wage, currently $8.56 an hour, to $10 on Sept. 30, 2021, and incrementally increase the rate each year until reaching $15 on Sept. 30, 2026.

By Jim Turner

5 minute read

October 14, 2020 | Daily Business Review

The legal challenge, which has support from Republican and Democratic legislative leaders, asks the court to order state officials not to certify the election results of Amendment 3, seeks to overhaul Florida's primary election system by allowing voters to cast ballots in primary elections regardless of party affiliation.

By Jim Turner

6 minute read

September 30, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Numbers provided by the American Hotel & Lodging Association indicate Florida has lost 76,746 hotel jobs due to the pandemic, and another 64,257 are threatened over the next six months.

By Jim Turner

6 minute read

September 30, 2020 | Daily Business Review

HB 1135, which revises the state's specialty license-plate program, expands the potential number of designs from the current 123 to 150 and requires a minimum of 1,000 sales before new specialty plates can move forward and existing plates can remain in circulation.

By Jim Turner

4 minute read