July 24, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Health Dept. Issues Medical Marijuana Licenses to 2 Black FarmersUnder a law that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed last month, the health department was required to issue licenses to Black farmers whose applications did not have any identified deficiencies.
By Dara Kam
4 minute read
July 21, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Parkland Reenactment Set for Aug. 4 Using Live Ammo, Judge ToldThe reenactment will be based on school surveillance videos of the 2018 massacre that show second-by-second the actions and locations of former Broward Deputy Scot Peterson and shooter Nikolas Cruz during the six-minute attack in which some 140 rounds were fired.
By Associated Press
3 minute read
July 21, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Rulings Ease Concerns About Drag Performers at Pride ParadesA pair of orders that U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell makes clear that drag performances in themselves are not lewd or lascivious behavior, said one of the attorneys for an Orlando restaurant that filed a lawsuit challenging the new Florida law as unconstitutional.
By Mike Schneider
4 minute read
July 21, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Administrative Law Judge Backs PGA Tour in COVID Job DisputeTeryn Gregson argued that the golf tour's testing and mask requirements violated her religious beliefs and that she suffered "discrimination on the basis of religion" in the November 2021 firing.
By Jim Saunders
3 minute read
July 20, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Education Board Approves Black History Standards Amid CriticismCritics, including teachers and Democratic state lawmakers, asked the Board of Education to table the standards to allow for changes.
By Ryan Dailey
4 minute read
July 20, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Adult Use Marijuana Backers Urge Court Approval of Ballot ProposalThe Florida Supreme Court twice ruled that previous initiatives aimed at authorizing adult use of marijuana did not meet constitutional muster.
By Dara Kam
6 minute read
July 19, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Florida Appeals Federal Judge's Ruling on Kids in Nursing HomesThe Justice Department filed the lawsuit in 2013, after conducting an investigation that concluded the state Medicaid program was unnecessarily placing children in nursing homes.
By Jim Saunders
4 minute read
July 19, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Chinese Land Ownership Law Debated Before Federal JudgeU.S. District Judge Allen Winsor asked numerous questions of attorneys for the state and plaintiffs about whether he should block a new Florida law that restricts people from China from owning property in the state.
By Jim Saunders
4 minute read
July 19, 2023 | Daily Business Review
DeSantis to Reset His Stagnant Campaign as Trump DominatesGov. Ron DeSantis' team has quietly expressed confidence for months that voters would eventually tire of former President Donald Trump's escalating legal troubles and personal baggage.
By Steve Peoples, Meg Kinnard and Brian Slodysko
6 minute read
July 18, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Judge Set for Pretrial Conference on Trump's Classified Documents CaseU.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon drew criticism and second-guessing from legal experts for granting former President Donald Trump's request for a special master to conduct an independent review of the classified documents removed by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago.
By Adriana Gomez Licon and Eric Tucker
3 minute read