Dara Kam

1 day ago | wftv.com | Dara Kam

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Backers of a renewed attempt to pass a recreational-marijuana constitutional amendment have joined a court challenge to a new law that makes it harder for groups to place initiatives on the ballot, saying the measure imposes “draconian restrictions on Floridians’ sovereign” right to change the state Constitution. The law (HB 1205), finalized by the Legislature on May 2 and immediately signed by Gov.

1 day ago | newsserviceflorida.com | Dara Kam

TALLAHASSEE — Backers of a renewed attempt to pass a recreational-marijuana constitutional amendment have joined a court challenge to a new law that makes it harder for groups to place initiatives on the ballot, saying the measure imposes “draconian restrictions on Floridians’ sovereign” right to change the state Constitution. The law (HB 1205), finalized by the Legislature on May 2 and immediately signed by Gov.

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Dara Kam

Backers of a ballot proposal aimed at expanding Medicaid coverage in Florida quickly filed a lawsuit Sunday challenging a measure approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature that imposes additional hurdles on the citizen-initiative process, arguing it erects “unconstitutional barriers to political engagement and public discourse.”The measure (HB 1205), finalized Friday by lawmakers and immediately signed by Gov.

3 days ago | newsserviceflorida.com | Dara Kam

Legislative winners and losers, dueling tax cuts and the biggest story no one's talking about! Join frequent guest of the show Steve Bousquet, opinion editor at the South Florida Sun Sentinel, and Dara for a reporter roundtable where the pair break down those issues and more from the 2025 legislative session. Can House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, and Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, reach a deal on the budget before the clock runs out on the fiscal year? The pair also dissect Gov.

6 days ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Dara Kam

TALLAHASSEE — Arguing he has “learned his lesson,” Broward County Circuit Judge Gary Farmer, a former Senate Democratic leader, this week urged the Florida Supreme Court to reject a recommendation that he be immediately suspended after an investigative panel accused him of “pervasive and extensive” behavior demonstrating “unfitness to hold office.”Farmer was elected as a judge in Broward County’s 17th Judicial Circuit in 2022 after six years in the Senate.