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Capital Report
Fridays, 6:30 pm ET/5:30 pm CT & 9:00 pm ET

Capital Report is also available as a podcast. Keep reading for details.

Reporters from public radio stations across the state bring you timely news and information from around Florida. Whether it's legislative maneuvers, the economy, environmental issues, tourism, business, or the arts, Capital Report provides information on issues that affect the lives of everyday Floridians.

Capital Report is broadcast each Friday at 6:30 pm and 9:00 pm ET on 88.9 WFSU-FM Tallahassee, 5:30 pm CT on 89.1 WFSW-FM Panama City, and on participating public radio stations across the state (check local listings).

During Florida's legislative session, Capital Report is published online daily (Monday through Friday) by 6:30 pm. You can also find it as a podcast on Apple, Pandora, Spotify, and Google.

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Latest Episodes
  • On tonight's program: As the judicial system puts the brakes on Florida’s “Stop Woke Act,” Governor DeSantis insists the whole thing was taken out of context; Some institutions, however, including the state’s flagship university, are keeping at least some of the “anti-woke agenda” in place; During recent arguments on abortion before the state supreme court the chief justice has brought up the idea of fetal personhood; Governor DeSantis signs into law a bill to prevent undocumented immigrants from using local IDs to misrepresent their immigration status; State lawmakers kept up their drive to take more and more authority from local governments during the session that just ended; Florida's money managers are making plans to drop China-owned investments; And a proposed state land purchase has some residents of a rural North Florida county upset.
  • On tonight’s program: Florida’s 2024 Lawmaking Session comes to an end with the hope one result would be an increase in much needed health care personnel; This year’s session enacted a few serious reforms in such arenas as the Baker Act; Despite some protests, civilian run police oversight boards have been defanged by the Florida Legislature; At least one bill that got passed went through so many changes that everyone wound up liking it; Hemp stores around Florida may lose business under new legislation; Stores that sell vaping products could also be hard hit if the governor signs an anti-vaping bill; And last year, Governor DeSantis had all the clout when it came to getting things done in the Legislature. THIS year, a veteran Capital Reporter opines the power player was probably Senate President Kathleen Passidomo.
  • On tonight's program: Florida public schools will get a break when it comes to certain regulations as a result of several bills now headed to the governor's desk; More reliable funding for epilepsy services are now included in the new state budget; The Florida Legislature has passed a measure setting up designated mental health care teaching hospitals to help meet a troubling service provider shortage; The Florida Senate has declined to confirm Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Deschovitz to the Florida Ethics Commission; And be polite to first responders or else! The Florida Legislature passes a bill that makes mouthing off to those folks a felony.
  • On tonight’s program: After much debate – and even a gubernatorial veto – Florida lawmakers have a modified version of a bill to restrict kids under the age of 14 from access to online social media platforms; Controversy continues over a measure that prohibits sleeping or camping on public property, except in special areas designated by and paid for municipalities; The Florida Board of Education would likely be tasked with developing an anti-communism curriculum for public school students from kindergarten to senior high school; And revenue from the gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida would help pay for environmental improvement projects under a bill now headed to the governor.
  • On tonight’s program: The Florida House and Senate have agreed on a single budget document worth around $117.5 billion, meaning lawmakers will be able to adjourn the 2024 Session on time Friday; Daylight remains between House and Senate on a bill to pre-empt local government authority to mandate water breaks for contract employees during hot weather; The Senate was expected today to approve a bill to ban sleeping in public places and require local governments to provide secure spaces with various amenities for unhoused people; And the initial legal showdown between Florida State University and the Atlantic Coast Conference is now on the calendar.
  • On tonight’s program: After Gov. DeSantis vetoed the most recent version of a bill restricting the access of younger teens to social media sites, lawmakers have come up with a compromise they hope will pass gubernatorial muster; The Florida House has passed a bill that bans undocumented immigrants from obtaining any type of official state identification card; And unanimously, the Florida Legislature has approved restitution for the surviving victims of the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna.
  • On tonight's program: Governor DeSantis vetoes the controversial bill that would have restricted social media access for kids; What to do about unhoused people? The question has been inflaming passions on all sides in the Florida Capitol; There are more attempts by state lawmakers to take control over what have been local government decisions; We have an expanded story on how the suspension of local heat protections for workers might have serious consequences; A veteran capital reporter gives his take on this year’s legislative session; And the Florida House has passed a compensation bill for victims of the former Dozier School for Boys.
  • On tonight’s program: Lawmakers continue their closed door talks to finalize a controversial bill limiting social media access for young people; Both sides of the Florida Capitol are behind legislation banning outdoor camping or sleeping by the unhoused, EXCEPT in special areas provided and serviced by municipal governments; A new program would help Florida’s high school dropouts secure a subsidized college education; And the Florida House passes a compensation bill for those who suffered abuse at Marianna’s Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys.
  • On tonight’s program: It now appears Florida is unlikely to adopt any measure similar to Alabama’s, which counts embryos as “children”; Florida public schools would have less regulation under terms of several bills that now have bipartisan support; Civilian police review boards are still on the legislative chopping block; Even though there may not be enough time to enact new restrictions impacting LGBTQ people in Florida, opponents still held a protest outside the Capitol; And political ads involving artificial intelligence would have to disclose that fact under a bill that’s cleared the House.
  • On tonight’s program: Lawmakers spent much of today awaiting an expected veto by Governor DeSantis of the bill limiting youthful access to online social media platforms; A measure upping penalties for minors convicted of gun-related crimes has cleared the House and now heads to a full Senate vote; It may take a while to reconcile the House and Senate versions, but both chambers are at least philosophically agreed to limiting Florida county commissioner terms to no more than 8 years; And the Florida House is about to act on a measure increasing educational and job opportunities for the state’s military veterans.