News Service Of Florida

August 31, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Primary-election voters approved the expansion of a renewable-energy tax break that backers say will help businesses and spark the expanded use of solar energy in Florida.

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

August 30, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A group of Florida businesses agrees the U.S. Supreme Court should resolve questions about the constitutionality of a state law that has barred merchants from imposing surcharges on customers who pay with credit cards, but the answer might ultimately come in a case from New York.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

8 minute read

August 29, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Florida gambling overseers were wrong to do away with a rule governing controversial "designated player" card games at pari-mutuel facilities without replacing the regulations, an administrative law judge said.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

9 minute read

August 26, 2016 | Daily Business Review

After the Seminole Tribe of Florida launched a legal challenge earlier in the month, Miami and a paper-mill industry group also are taking aim at controversial new state water-quality standards.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

5 minute read

August 25, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Lawyers representing Arizona death row inmates aren't backing down from a battle with Florida corrections officials over the release of documents related to execution drugs, part of a drawn-out challenge to Arizona's lethal-injection process.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

10 minute read

August 19, 2016 | Daily Business Review

With a legislative battle brewing, state regulators listened to hours of testimony last week as they decide whether to approve a 19.6 percent increase in workers' compensation insurance rates.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

8 minute read

August 18, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Environmental groups want a federal court to order more protection for coral reefs during the planned expansion of Port Everglades in Broward County.

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

August 17, 2016 | Daily Business Review

An appeals court rejected a challenge to Florida's de facto school voucher system, setting up a potential Supreme Court battle about whether teachers and parents have the right to sue over a program that provides private-school tuition for tens of thousands of students.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

August 16, 2016 | Daily Business Review

State economists shaved nearly $270 million off their estimate of what lawmakers will have to work with in next year's budget process, even as election-year calls for extra spending continue and as a threat looms of a Zika hit to Florida's economy.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

August 16, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Florida's lobbying industry remains lucrative. With five firms topping $1 million, lobbyists reported earning at least $28.4 million during the year's second quarter for their legislative work, an initial estimate that appears certain to increase in the coming days.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

12 minute read