A Democratic Florida Congresswoman says she will join the anticipated appeal of a judge’s ruling tossing the state’s congressional district map. As Jessica Palombo reports, District 5 Representative Corinne Brown says minority votes are at stake if the districts are redrawn.
This week’s rules workshop for Charlotte’s Web dispensaries is further proof the devil’s in the details. As Nick Evans reports, despite passing the Florida legislature, there’s still a long way to go before this non-euphoric strain of marijuana makes it into the hands of patients that need it.
Florida officials are grappling with how to regulate the fossil fuel extraction process called “fracking”. This after a Texas-based oil company used a very similar procedure in a Southwest Florida exploratory well. Now the company says it’s pulling out of that area all together. But, as Lynn Hatter reports, the firm’s activities have put the fracking issue in a very bright spotlight.
A discovery into dolphin genetics may have brought research scientists one step closer to finding out the source of a mysterious animal die-off last year in the troubled Indian River Lagoon. Sascha Cordner reports.
Starting this month nearly 200 new laws are now active on Florida’s statute books. That might sound like a lot, but it’s actually only about a sixth of the total number of bills originally filed with a July first effective date. Political experts say a looming election year put a damper on both the number and content of bills passed last legislative session, but Regan McCarthy reports that isn’t stopping some of the people directly affected by the new rules that did pass from celebrating.
Tens of thousands of people are crowding onto Santa Rosa Island, for this weekend’s Blue Angels air show, the first since 2012. From member station WUWF in Pensacola, Dave Dunwoody reports.