Governor Rick Scott’s state spending proposal for next year continues to build on his jobs message. Scott wants to spend 79-billion dollars but as Lynn Hatter reports, while many of his ideas have support, others are already in trouble in the legislature.
When a person makes a threat against a group or a school, law enforcement must take it seriously. And now, as Regan McCarthy reports, Florida lawmakers are considering a bill that would make the penalty for such threats ever more serious.
Member station WUSF's Steve Newborn checks in with PolitiFact Florida on Governor Rick Scott's claims about the refugees; and also how many states ban open-carry of guns - besides Florida.
The bitter fight over Florida’s political boundaries has brought some legislative leaders to the conclusion the state needs a new system for drawing maps. But Nick Evens reports the independent commission that many on the left have spent years clamoring for isn’t a silver bullet.
A Florida lawmaker is hoping to revive a discussion of skin cancer prevention in younger people as part of the larger consideration of the commercial tanning industry. Sascha Cordner reports that includes an outright prohibition on minors in tanning salons.
Monarch butterflies have long used North Florida’s Saint Marks Wildlife Refuge as a stopover on their marathon migration to Mexico. But Kate Payne tells us the Monarchs are struggling.