Robert Stack

February 17, 2023 | Daily Business Review

If the death sentence is carried out, Donald David Dillbeck would be the first Florida inmate executed since Gary Ray Bowles was put to death by lethal injection in August 2019.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

February 17, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The law, which spurred fierce debate in the Legislature and has drawn national attention, prevents instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in kindergarten through third grade and requires that such instruction be "age-appropriate … in accordance with state academic standards" in older grades.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

February 16, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The state's Save Our Homes program places a 3% cap on annual increases in taxable values of homesteaded property. The proposal would lower that to 2%.

By Jim Turner

4 minute read

February 16, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Although Department of Health officials gave the application of Moton Hopkins, a Black Ocala farmer and rancher, a top score, they rejected the application because he died before the licensing process was complete.

By Dara Kam

4 minute read

February 15, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Jeffrey Siegmeister pleaded guilty last year to federal conspiracy, wire fraud and tax charges that, in part, involved allegations that he sought bribes from a defense attorney in exchange for giving favorable treatment to the attorney's clients.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

February 15, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren in August, accusing him of "incompetence and willful defiance of his duties."

By Dara Kam

4 minute read

February 14, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"This College Board, like, nobody elected them to anything. They're just kind of there, and they're providing service," said Gov. Ron DeSantis as he looks to "reevaluate" the state's relationship with the organization.

By Ryan Dailey

5 minute read

February 14, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Republican leaders in Florida and other states have targeted environmental, social and governance standards for taking into account issues such as climate change, racial inequality and supply-chain labor standards.

By Jim Turner

4 minute read

February 13, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The Feb. 14, 2018, tragedy sparked a national movement created and led by young people, spurred changes in state law aimed at making schools safer and led to new firearm restrictions in what had been dubbed the "Gunshine State."

By Dara Kam

7 minute read

February 13, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The bill would revamp what is known as the state's "NIL" law, which allows athletes to profit from their names, images and likenesses, that went into effect in 2021.

By Robert Stack

3 minute read