News Service Of Florida

December 06, 2016 | Daily Business Review

In a move that would be certain to spur more litigation over the state's already embattled death penalty, Florida corrections officials appear to be planning what could be a dramatic change to the triple-drug lethal injection process, including the use of a drug never before used for executions.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

13 minute read

December 05, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Ash Williams, who oversees Florida's $144 billion state pension fund, is in line for a 5.5 percent raise in a proposal that will go before Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet Tuesday.

By Lloyd Dunkelberger, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

December 05, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Insurance companies, for the most part, have been responsive to customers affected by two hurricanes that caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage in Florida this year, state officials said Friday during a roundtable discussion with industry executives.

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

December 02, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A newly elected state senator has filed legislation that would undo a 2014 law allowing in-state tuition for some undocumented immigrant students, potentially reopening an emotionally charged debate in the wake of Donald Trump's presidential win.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

December 01, 2016 | Daily Business Review

After an unusual series of events, the Florida Supreme Court agreed to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from the death of a patient who was killed on Interstate 75 after escaping from an Alachua County psychiatric hospital.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

December 01, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Job one for the new head of Florida's business-recruitment agency is landing Gov. Rick Scott's request for $85 million in economic-incentive money.

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

November 30, 2016 | Daily Business Review

An administrative law judge has sided with the Florida Department of Corrections in a contracting dispute that delves into the way substance-abuse treatment services are provided in the corrections system.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

November 30, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The leader of Gov. Rick Scott's job-placement agency was recommended Tuesday to take over as president and CEO of Enterprise Florida, which continues to face stiff opposition from lawmakers over economic-development funding.

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

November 29, 2016 | Daily Business Review

With one judge pointing to a lack of "sufficient maturity to make this critical decision," a state appeals court rejected a minor's attempt to get an abortion without her parents being notified.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

November 29, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A lawyer who once worked to keep David Duke off the presidential ballot in Florida and two appellate judges who pledged to use judicial restraint are on a short list of replacements for retiring Florida Supreme Court Justice James E.C. Perry.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

10 minute read