Lloyd Dunkelberger

June 06, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Rick Scott, who fought House leaders for months over economic incentives and tourism money, used a heavier veto pen on House projects than Senate spending, an analysis shows.

By Jim Turner and Lloyd Dunkelberger

4 minute read

April 27, 2017 | Daily Business Review

With one senator pointing to "violations of fundamental human decency," the Florida Legislature has formally apologized for the mistreatment of juveniles held at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna.

By Lloyd Dunkelberger

5 minute read

April 24, 2017 | Daily Business Review

With two weeks remaining in the legislative session, a Senate committee will take up a new bill that could move more public workers into a 401(k)-type retirement plan rather than the traditional pension program.

By Lloyd Dunkelberger

7 minute read

April 21, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Cities and counties would not be able to require contractors to provide certain benefits and wages to workers on state-funded public works projects under a bill approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee.

By Lloyd Dunkelberger, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

April 04, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Legislation that would allow distributors to give away free branded beer glasses and a measure that would lift a bottle limit on gin, vodka and other distilled liquors sold at Florida craft distilleries cleared a Senate committee.

By Lloyd Dunkelberger

7 minute read

March 15, 2017 | Daily Business Review

With the U.S. Supreme Court expected later this week to review a recommendation that would deny Florida relief in its decades-old water dispute with Georgia, Attorney General Pam Bondi said the case is not over yet.

By Lloyd Dunkelberger

8 minute read

February 21, 2017 | Daily Business Review

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said he will file legislation aimed at forcing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to divert more freshwater into Northwest Florida's Apalachicola Bay system.

By Lloyd Dunkelberger

8 minute read

February 09, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The annual effort to ban red-light cameras in Florida crashed when the Senate Transportation Committee rejected the idea in a tie vote.

By Lloyd Dunkelberger

6 minute read

January 17, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Florida Democrats picked a prominent fundraiser from Miami-Dade County to lead their party for the next four years, turning aside four other challengers.

By Lloyd Dunkelberger, News Service of Florida

8 minute read

January 13, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A House committee began debate on slowing down the "revolving door" that lets lawmakers become lobbyists two years after they leave office.

By Lloyd Dunkelberger News Service of Florida

7 minute read