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Capital Report: 04-21-2017

Can Florida Lawmakers leave Tallahassee on time? Lynn Hatter reports the mood in the state capital has gone from one of pessimism, to cautious optimism that leaders can strike key deals in time.

Tom Flanigan talks with Florida Public Radio’s Jim Ash, Sascha Cordner, Lynn Hatter and Nick Evans about the sudden resignation today of Miami State Senator Frank Artilles in the wake of a firestorm of controversy regarding offensive remarks he made to some senatorial colleagues at a Tallahassee bar earlier this week.

Florida Public Radio’s Jim Ash sat down with Democratic State Senator Oscar Braynon, whose district straddles the Broward County/Miami Dade line, before today’s resignation by Senator Frank Artilles.  Here’s the major part of that interview.