Sea levels are rising and so were tempers Friday as protesters descended on Governor Rick Scott’s office. Environmental and open government advocates were armed with a petition seeking an investigation and a public records request for documents. As Jim Ash reports, they hope to get to the bottom of allegations that Scott is ordering his agencies not to refer to climate change.
For more than twenty years, Palm Beach County has labored to improve Lake Worth Lagoon. The county’s largest estuary, it stretches twenty miles from North Palm Beach to Boynton Beach. The lagoon is also infamous for its polluted past. In late January, the county hosted its third Lagoon Boat Tour to show how several projects are improving the water. But, as Jessica Meszaros (meh-ZAH-ros) with member station WLRN in Miami reports, the county is hoping for Amendment One money to keep the restoration flowing along.
Continued uncertainty over federal health funding is causing budget pains in the Florida legislature. The House and Senate have a multi-billion dollar gap in their proposed spending plans for the upcoming fiscal year—and that’s largely due to disagreements over the biggest part of state spending: Medicaid. Lynn Hatter has the story.
The head of Florida’s child welfare agency is now on the path to getting confirmed by the full Senate, after initial approval from a Senate panel this week. Sascha Cordner reports.
Florida State University’s physicians’ class of 2015 was sent off to the next step of their medical training during the college’s Match Day. While the happy graduates accepted their residency assignments with nothing but pride, Matthew Seeger reports that the specter of Florida’s low physician-to-patient ratio was also part of the proceedings.
The sight of a dog lying under the table at an upscale restaurant might result in a double take. Onlookers might scan the animal’s human companion for signs a disability. And it’s when those disabilities aren’t readily apparent that trouble can sometimes arise. Regan McCarthy reports a bill moving through the Florida House seeks to those with invisible disabilities.
There’s a US flag and the state flag of Florida flying over the historic Capitol, and they’re waving at the top of two flagpoles framing the entrance to the new Capitol, too. And Nick Evans reports a state lawmaker wants to ensure they’re made in America from American materials.