On tonight’s program: Lawmakers consider a bill that could lead to property taxes being eliminated; Opponents worry proposed changes to Florida’s anti-defamation laws could have some unintended consequences; Differences persist between the Florida House and Senate’s versions of bills to do away with some work restrictions for 16 and 17 year old kids who are still in school; Florida military and law enforcement personnel are headed for the Texas border with Mexico following a direct order from Governor DeSantis; After Florida’s Senate President announced Medicaid expansion is off the table, a group of advocates is pushing the change through a citizens initiative; The debate continues at the Florida Capitol about whether or not law enforcement officers can claim victim protections under Marsy’s Law; The cost is going down for Florida’s Prepaid College savings program; And Florida has lots of forests. So why doesn’t the state have lots of forest wild fires, like – say –
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On tonight’s program: Florida lawmakers approved a measure expanding the state’s affordable housing stock last year, but that historic measure is now getting a few tweaks; The Florida House is working to reverse the major provisions of the gun control measures passed in the wake of the Parkland shooting tragedy, but it seems the state Senate has little inclination to do the same; Gun owners would have to exercise more care when it comes to keeping their rounds from impacting neighboring property under a bill now being debated in the Florida Legislature; And Florida’s ports are seeing big boosts in both cargo and passenger business.
On tonight’s program: Florida lawmakers are ready to include more teacher pay increases in their state budget plan. But it seems that may not be enough to defuse tensions among teachers who say it’s too little too late; Governor DeSantis and the legislative leader are getting behind four proposed amendments to the U.S. Constitution; Governor DeSantis is appealing a recent federal court decision that favored Andrew Warren, the Hillsborough County state attorney the governor suspended last year; Ai generated political messages and some other uses of that technology would require full public disclosure if Florida lawmakers get their way; Proposed restrictions on social media access for young people have Governor DeSantis concerned about possible legal problems with that legislation; And several Florida elected officials were meeting with the families of gun violence victims last week as part of National Gun Violence Survivors Week.
On tonight’s program: Lawmakers are moving toward a ban on citizen police review boards; We talk with an expert on the impacts of unrestricted social media access on kids and younger teens; Pro-Palestinian student groups at two Florida universities continue to draw the ire of state officials who want to see the organizations disbanded; Florida lawmakers are subject to term limits and many of them support the same thing for local elected officials. But not all of those folks are fans of the idea; An inconclusive environmental study ordered by Florida lawmakers leads at least one advocacy group to suspect there may be something going on behind the scenes; And community and government organizations are joining forces to care for newborns whose mothers can’t.
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