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June 02, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Judge Backs Florida Attorney General in Opioid Settlement Fight

A Leon County circuit judge said that courts have repeatedly interpreted state law to mean that the attorney general "retains all of the historic, sovereign common law powers and duties to represent and protect the people of Florida and their interests."

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

June 02, 2023 | Daily Business Review

School-Bus Cameras Will Help Nab Drivers Who Pass Stopped Buses

The Florida Department of Education last year conducted a survey of school-bus drivers and found widespread instances of vehicles illegally passing stopped buses.

By Ryan Dailey

4 minute read

June 01, 2023 | Daily Business Review

School Rules Teed Up

The Florida Department of Education is slated on June 9 to hold a series of online rule-development workshops that would help implement the new laws.

By Ryan Dailey

4 minute read

June 01, 2023 | Daily Business Review

DeSantis Says June 15 Execution of Owen Can Move Forward

Duane Owen was convicted for the murder of Georgianna Worden, who was bludgeoned with a hammer and sexually assaulted in her Boca Raton home in May 1984, according to the death warrant and court records.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

June 01, 2023 | Daily Business Review

LGBTQ+ People Flock to Central Florida for Gay Days Festivities

It's not lost on Gay Days organizers that the highlight of the weekend will be a Saturday meetup of LGBTQ+ visitors at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, where the first Gay Days started as a single-day celebration in 1991.

By Mike Schneider

6 minute read

May 31, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Trump's Legal Team, Prosecutors Spar Over Where He Will Stand Trial

Donald Trump's lawyers have spent weeks angling to have the hush money case moved to federal court.

By Michael R. Sisak

5 minute read

May 31, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Florida Seeks to End FAMU Class-Action Discrimination Case

The lawsuit points to duplication of programs with nearby Florida State University and an alleged failure to have "unique" noncore programs at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, the state's only historically Black public university.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

May 31, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Jury Selection Begins for Deputy Accused of Not Confronting Cruz

Former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson remained outside a three-story classroom building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during Nikolas Cruz's six-minute attack on Feb. 14, 2018.

By Terry Spencer

3 minute read

May 30, 2023 | Daily Business Review

DeSantis Inspires Push to Make Book Bans Easier in Red States

Florida last year became the first in a wave of Republican-controlled states to enact laws making it easier for parents to challenge books in school libraries they deem to be pornographic, deal improperly with racial issues or in other ways be inappropriate for students.

By Andrew DeMillo, Anthony Izaguirre and Nicholas Riccardi

7 minute read

May 30, 2023 | Daily Business Review

DeSantis Kicks Off Presidential Campaign, Steps Up Trump Criticism

Gov. Ron DeSantis pivoted from oblique swipes to direct questioning of former President Donald Trump's conservative credentials, notably his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and his record on criminal justice.

By Thomas Beaumont

5 minute read