Joe Reedy

August 28, 2024 | The Recorder

The joint venture between ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery has been sidelined by a federal court's preliminary injunction, and its future is very much up in the air.

By Joe Reedy/The Associated Press

5 minute read

July 02, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Florida's 2018 midterm election is one of the most important in years. The governor's office and all three Cabinet seats are on the ballot, Republican Gov. Rick Scott is challenging three-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, several congressional seats will be competitive, and Floridians will vote on 13 proposed constitutional amendments, ranging from property tax cuts to banning greyhound racing.

By Brendan Farrington, Gary Fineout and Joe Reedy, Associated Press

1 minute read

March 27, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation requiring backup power sources in Florida nursing homes and assisted living facilities, months after the deaths of several residents from a sweltering nursing home that lost power in a hurricane.

By Joe Reedy, Associated Press

3 minute read

February 21, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Thomas and Sandra Coffey are suing Pi Kappa Phi's national chapter and several others, including the nine fraternity members who were charged with criminal hazing after Andrew Coffey's death Nov. 3.

By Joe Reedy, Associated Press

3 minute read

February 05, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Legislation aimed at fighting opioid abuse in Florida has raised concerns among doctors over provisions to impose limits as short as three days for prescriptions of the potentially addictive painkillers.

By Joe Reedy, Associated Press

4 minute read

June 12, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Legislature's passage of a bill to enact the state's constitutional amendment expanding the use of medical marijuana has ended one chapter in the battle over setting up regulations for the nascent industry. But pro-pot supporters say it doesn't go far enough.

By Joe Reedy

6 minute read

May 10, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A leader behind last year's passage of a constitutional amendment on medical marijuana in Florida has joined growing calls for Gov. Rick Scott and legislative leaders to hold a special session to finalize rules for its implementation.

By Joe Reedy

6 minute read

May 05, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Legislature is closer to getting medical marijuana legislation passed.

By Joe Reedy

6 minute read

February 13, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Three months after Florida voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment on medical marijuana, state health officials and prospective pot-seeking patients are at odds over proposed rules that would spell out who could get marijuana.

By Joe Reedy

5 minute read

January 03, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Dr. Joseph Dorn, the former medical director of Surterra Therapeutics, one of the six dispensing organizations licensed to grow and distribute medical cannabis in the state, has opened a medical marijuana treatment center as Amendment 2 takes effect.

By Joe Reedy, Associated Press

7 minute read