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Capital Report: 10-30-2015

The tension was just too much in the halls of Florida’s senate.  Relations finally ruptured this week, with lawmakers taking the floor to bash one another over past sins and misdeeds.  But Nick Evans reports they did get their map.  Now the only question is whether they can gain approval in the House and in the courts.

A statewide two-day summit in Tampa to combat human trafficking is now over. And, as Sascha Cordner reports, while stakeholders agree Florida has come a long way in making people more aware of the issue, they say there’s still much work to do to address the practice.

The U.S. Army Core of Engineers is revamping its water use plan for the Apalachicola River Basin. It’s the first time in more than 50 years the plan has been updated. But many on the Florida side of the decades-long water fight, worry it will do further damage to the Apalachicola Bay. It used to be one of the top fisheries in the world, but as Lynn Hatter reports, sustained droughts, mismanaged water use, overharvesting, and climate change have pushed the Apalachicola Bay to the brink.

After nearly 300 bears died in a Florida hunt this month, some are questioning how many of those bears were mothers and what their death means for the cubs left alone in the woods. Regan McCarthy reports.

There are certain momentous things that only take place every few decades or so.  One of these is the next meeting of Florida’s Constitution Revision Commission that next convenes in 2017.  As Kate Payne reports, the process gives citizens a chance to shape the state’s important legal document.