April 27, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Lawmakers Back Nixing Local Housing RegulationsDuring debate about the bill, lawmakers agreed on the problem—a lack of affordable housing—but had starkly different positions on the government's role in addressing it.
By Jim Saunders
3 minute read
April 27, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Bill Restricting Public-Employee Unions Heads to DeSantisThe bill would prevent dues from being deducted from workers' paychecks, forcing union members to make separate payments.
By Jim Saunders
3 minute read
April 27, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Florida Senate Passes Controversial Voter Registration ChangesUnder the bill, approved along party lines, voter-registration groups could face a maximum of $250,000 in fines each year for violating laws such as failing to submit completed registration applications to elections supervisors within 10 days.
By Dara Kam
6 minute read
April 26, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Florida GOP Set to Remove Hurdle to DeSantis White House BidThe legislative move was anticipated but its formal introduction marks one of the clearest signals yet that Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to run for president.
By Anthony Izaguirre
2 minute read
April 26, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Sen. Scott Bill Would Fund Armed Officers in All US SchoolsThe School Guardian Act would take about $80 billion that Congress previously approved to expand the tax agency and spend it instead on efforts to deter and respond to school shootings.
By Curt Anderson
3 minute read
April 26, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Judge Drops Parkland School Superintendent's Perjury CaseThe case against former Broward County superintendent Robert Runcie stemmed from questions over his management of a $1 billion bond issue that passed four years before the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High massacre.
By Terry Spencer
4 minute read
April 25, 2023 | Daily Business Review
House to Subpoena Trans Treatment InformationRep. Ashley Gantt, a Miami Democrat who is a lawyer, likened the committee's search for information to what was known as the Johns Committee, a Florida legislative investigative panel that sought to expose communists and gay people at state universities in the 1950s and 1960s.
By Dara Kam
6 minute read
April 25, 2023 | Daily Business Review
House, Senate Negotiators Start Hammering Out Budget DetailsHouse and Senate lawmakers have gaps in spending over issues such as public schools, land preservation and tourism marketing.
By Jim Turner and Ryan Dailey
5 minute read
April 25, 2023 | Daily Business Review
House Committee Backs Immigration Changes for BusinessesThe bill has reignited debate about what the state's role should be, if any, in addressing illegal immigration.
By Jim Saunders
4 minute read
April 24, 2023 | Daily Business Review
Lawmakers Look to Regulate Pharmacy Benefit ManagersPharmacy benefit managers contract with health insurers, self-insured employers and governments to play such roles as negotiating drug prices with manufacturers, establishing pharmacy networks and paying claims.
By Jim Saunders
4 minute read
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