Somewhere between 94 and a half million miles to just 300 miles above lurks the threat of EMP, a massive electromagnetic pulse capable of wiping out the entire nation’s electrical grid with catastrophic results. As Jim Ash reports, that’s the warning former CIA Director James Woolsey gave lawmakers Monday.
With less than two months to go, forecasters and responders are gearing up for the Atlantic Hurricane Season. Regan McCarthy reports it’s been a decade since a hurricane made landfall in Florida.
“Early education is invaluable;” that’s the message driven home by the speakers at the special business Leaders luncheon, the first event of the 20th Annual Children’s Week. As Matthew Seeger reports, there’s still plenty of events left before the week’s end.
A bill blocking all law enforcement agencies—including local—from establishing traffic ticket quotas could be close to hitting the Governor’s desk, if it soon passes the House. Sascha Cordner reports.
Senators could soon be voting on a measure prohibiting certain organizations from using public funds for litigation against the state. Nick Evans reports the proposal’s critics worry about unintended consequences.
When you think of video conferencing, Skype, FaceTime and web cams come to mind. That kind of technology helping people stay in touch is also connecting doctors and their patients located far away. But the innovations are evolving so quickly that lawmakers in Tallahassee are playing catch up. Mary Shedden with Health News Florida visits one Tampa Bay area hospital that's not waiting for the rules to be written.