On tonight’s program: The Florida Senate starts looking at a constitutional amendment proposal that would halt public financing for statewide office campaigns; Flags other than U.S. and state flags would be banned from government building and school flagpoles under a bill being considered in the Florida House; Last week’s tornadoes hit Jackson County hard and one businessman there is still assessing damage to his property; And the move is on to dethrone the mockingbird as Florida’s official state bird.
On tonight’s program: Governor Ron DeSantis faces a day of decision in Iowa, and the future seems uncertain; A suspected human trafficking ring in Tallahassee is under arrest as the state marks National Human Trafficking Awareness Month; We hear about some new bills impacting members of the LGBTQ community in Florida; Some state lawmakers want to impose more limits on what local governments can do when it comes to the firms they hire as contractors; A celebrated author of a new book on Florida wildlife would like to see state lawmakers take a more organized approach to protecting fragile natural eco-systems; And we revisit the stormy start to the legislative season this past Tuesday when tornadoes touched down across the Florida Panhandle.
On tonight’s program: Both the Florida House and Senate would like to give traditional public schools a break from some of the state regulations imposed over the past 20 years. But so far they haven’t agreed on how big a break that should be; Young people would have less unrestricted access to social media under a bill now kicking around the Legislature; Differences between the House and Senate on partial loosening of teen work restrictions are still in the \“working out\” stage; And LGBTQ+ advocates are upset over what they see as yet more discriminatory legislation coming out of the Florida Capitol.