News Service Of Florida

July 28, 2016 | Daily Business Review

As a federal appeals court ponders the constitutionality of Florida's "docs v. glocks" law, attorneys this week debated in court documents whether it would be possible to jettison parts of the controversial measure and keep others.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

3 minute read

July 28, 2016 | Daily Business Review

In the days after 49 people were killed at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Gov. Rick Scott privately expressed some support for gay rights to the state's only openly gay state lawmaker, the Miami Beach House member told a gathering in Philadelphia.

By Andy Metzger, News Service of Florida

4 minute read

July 27, 2016 | Daily Business Review

By Dara Kam News Service of Florida

9 minute read

July 21, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Medical marijuana could be available to a select group of Florida patients as early as next week, after health officials gave the go-ahead for the state's first pot dispensary to begin distributing products.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

July 21, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A Jacksonville judge accused of using epithets to refer to a female staff attorney and saying that blacks should "go back to Africa" could face sanctions after an investigation by a panel that polices judicial conduct.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

July 20, 2016 | Daily Business Review

It may be unusual for industries to seek red tape, but gambling operators are urging a judge to keep regulators from doing away with a rule governing controversial card games that have become all the rage at the state's pari-mutuel facilities.

By Dara Kam News Service of Florida

11 minute read

July 18, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Panhandle developer Jay Odom is bankrolling a Northeast Florida operation licensed by health officials to grow, process and distribute noneuphoric marijuana products, a lawyer for Chestnut Hill Tree Farm confirmed.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

10 minute read

July 18, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Lawyers representing seven Arizona death row inmates want information about the drugs used in Florida's lethal-injection procedure, but corrections officials are asking a judge to keep the documents secret.

By Dara Kam News Service of Florida

7 minute read

July 14, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A U.S. Supreme Court decision might short-circuit a battle about the constitutionality of a Florida law that leads to criminal charges for some drunken-driving suspects who refuse to take breath tests.

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

6 minute read

July 12, 2016 | Daily Business Review

In her 23 years in Congress, Jacksonville Democrat Corrine Brown has faced challenges before, from highly touted Republican recruits to questions about her ethics. But she has emerged time and again, winning 12 elections, almost all of them blowouts.

By Brandon Larrabee, News Service of Florida

10 minute read