Jim Turner

March 15, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The Senate Rules Committee approved a measure that would place a single-subject requirement on constitutional amendments placed on the ballot by the Constitution Revision Commission, which meets every 20 years.

By Jim Turner

4 minute read

March 13, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Aliki Moncrief, executive director of Florida Conservation Voters, said the septic-to-sewer conversion outlined in a measure to protect the Indian River Lagoon is needed, but the proposal goes beyond what voters approved.

By Jim Turner

5 minute read

March 08, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The House Workforce Development & Tourism Subcommittee backed a measure that would go further than a similar Senate proposal, which would repeal an unused pool of sales-tax dollars intended for building and improving professional sports stadiums.

By Jim Turner

4 minute read

March 04, 2019 | Daily Business Review

But a lobbyist for Indian River County, which continues to file legal challenges against the rail line, also briefly outlined objections of the Treasure Coast community where the trains will run without a stop on existing freight lines.

By Jim Turner

3 minute read

March 01, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The Republican governor also urged Florida sheriffs to join a handful of their colleagues participating in a federal immigration enforcement program in which U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, deputizes local law officials.

By Dara Kam and Jim Turner

5 minute read

February 28, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Ronald Rubin has also been a senior special counsel for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and a managing director of the legal and compliance department at Bear Stearns.

By Jim Turner

3 minute read

February 25, 2019 | Daily Business Review

A month after rescinding 45 appointments that former Gov. Rick Scott made during his final days in office, Gov. Ron DeSantis pulled back 169 more that Scott had made.

By Jim Turner

3 minute read

February 08, 2019 | Daily Business Review

National Rifle Association lobbyist Marion Hammer made clear she and the other concealed-carry permit holders in the state will be watching how Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried handles the high-profile program.

By Jim Turner

3 minute read

February 06, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The Senate Innovation, Industry and Technology Committee backed a proposed bill that would carry out part of Amendment 9, a ballot measure that includes a ban on vaping in indoor workplaces.

By Jim Turner

4 minute read

February 05, 2019 | Daily Business Review

A committee unanimously backed SJR 362, which would ask voters to eliminate the Florida Constitution Revision Commission, a panel that meets every 20 years and has unique power to place proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot.

By Jim Turner

4 minute read