Raychel Lean
Raychel Lean is ALM's Florida bureau chief, overseeing the Daily Business Review. Email her at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter via @raychellean.
August 29, 2022 | Daily Business Review
DeSantis Suspends Broward School Board MembersIn Friday's news release, DeSantis said it is his "duty to suspend people from office when there is clear evidence of incompetence, neglect of duty, misfeasance or malfeasance."
By Dara Kam
5 minute read
August 29, 2022 | Daily Business Review
Biden's Student-Loan Relief Adds New Wrinkle to Inflation DebateWhile Biden's plan to forgive a portion of student loans will reduce the burden for millions of households, it also pegs January as the end to the forbearance period.
By Olivia Rockeman, Katia Dmitrieva and Alex Tanzi
5 minute read
August 29, 2022 | Daily Business Review
NASA Scrubs Florida Launch of New Moon Rocket After Engine ProblemThe fueling already was running nearly an hour late because of thunderstorms off Florida's Kennedy Space Center.
By Marcia Dunn
4 minute read
August 29, 2022 | Daily Business Review
Crist Picks Miami Teachers Union Leader as Running MateThe daughter of two Honduran immigrants who came to the U.S. in the 1970s, Karla Hernandez-Mats was the first Hispanic elected to lead the United Teachers of Dade in 2016.
By Anthony Izaguirre
4 minute read
August 29, 2022 | Daily Business Review
Clinics, Doctor Go to Supreme Court in Abortion Law FightAbortion clinics and a doctor have launched a challenge at the Florida Supreme Court after an appeals court Wednesday rejected a temporary injunction…
By Jim Saunders
4 minute read
August 29, 2022 | Daily Business Review
Is It Too Easy For Developers to Overlook Climate Change in South Florida?"We've just got to rewrite the rules in a proper way in order to get the types of projects that are going to make our community stronger and better, and more vibrant and more resilient," said David Martin, CEO of Terra in Miami.
By Raychel Lean
12 minute read
August 29, 2022 | Daily Business Review
The Next Generation of Attorneys Are Studying Environmental Law"People are coming with that on the top of their list, whereas before we had very few or we had people who got here and then learned about the topic," said one environmental law professor at the University of Miami.
By Raychel Lean
12 minute read
August 29, 2022 | Daily Business Review
South Florida Sea Level Rise in Pictures: Which Communities Are Projected to Flood?Click right on the graphic below to see the extent to which sea level rise is expected to impact buildings across Miami-Dade County.
By Raychel Lean
1 minute read
August 29, 2022 | Daily Business Review
'It's a Big Problem': The Insurance Industry Is the Harbinger of South Florida's Climate Change Risks"If there's a direct-hit Category 5 storm that hits Miami, you're going to see 20 insurance companies go bankrupt and are not going to be able to pay claims. It's become a big problem," said South Florida insurance broker Joseph Gendelman.
By Raychel Lean
12 minute read
August 29, 2022 | Daily Business Review
South Florida's Business Leaders Could Become Global Pioneers in Climate Change Adaptation. Here's How"Can Miami not only rise to the occasion, pardon the pun, to address sea level rise for our own sustainability, but could we in fact become a transformative community that becomes a leader in mitigating these problems for the world?"
By Raychel Lean
9 minute read
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