The legislature decided last year to ban the clandestine use of GPS tracking devices. But as Jim Ash reports, a couple of lawmakers want to let private investigators continue using one of their favorite secret weapons.
A bipartisan effort is underway to relax Florida eligibility requirements for a wrongfully incarcerated inmate with a prior record to be compensated. But, as Sascha Cordner reports, some say they’d like to see that effort go further.
Members of the Florida House Finance and Tax Committee are looking for ways to extend tax breaks for homeowners. But Regan McCarthy reports local governments are worried about how the changes could impact their bottom lines.
November is observed around the county as National Adoption Month. In Florida, as Tom Flanigan reports, the occasion is marked by an increase in efforts to find forever families for hundreds of kids in the state’s foster care system.
We’ve been paying a lot of attention to the Apalachicola Bay recently—largely due to several lawsuits regarding water use in the basin between Georgia, Florida and Alabama. But in the midst of the legal fights, sometimes the beauty of the region takes a backseat. Steve Newborn of member station WUSF recently joined an expedition to chronicle the ecology of the area, and get back to nature.
The Army Corps of Engineers is developing a water management plan for the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, Flint River system. And this week, the Core came to Apalachicola to hear from residents about its plan. Now as Nick Evans reports many in North Florida are crying foul, and say the Army Core’s proposal ignores impacts in Apalachicola Bay.