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Today (Wednesday), the Florida Senate teed up several measures, unanimously passed a bunch more, and sent some over to the Governor for his signature. As Sascha Cordner reports, that includes a bill addressing juvenile life sentencing, a pair of gun-related measures, and another that ups the speed limit on several highways.

Lawmakers in the Florida House passed a bill Wednesday aimed at cracking down on adults in schools who participate in inappropriate relationships with students.

A proposal to expand the state’s so-called school voucher program has been revived in the Senate. The move comes in the waning weeks of the legislative session but as Lynn Hatter the new, Senate version of the expansion doesn’t quite match with what the House wants.

The Florida Senate’s pension reform proposal is now heading to the floor, after it passed its last committee Tuesday. But, as Sascha Cordner reports, tension surrounding the pension issue is mounting as those opposed say they’re tired of legislature’s continual attacks on state workers.

The Florida House has unveiled its proposal to overhaul the state’s troubled child welfare agency. Lynn Hatter reports it’s a continuation of efforts by lawmakers to  revamp the agency  after a Miami Herald Investigation revealed more than three-dozen children who had previous contact with the department, died.

A proposal to give the children of undocumented immigrants in-state tuition is on life support after a powerful committee chairman says he won’t hear the bill. Lynn Hatter reports the move has angered backers, and protests are being planned for the upcoming week.

On the next Nuances Dan MacDonald interviews Metropolitan Opera newcomer  Ryan Speedo Green.  Green, who received his master’s from FSU,  is the winner of the 2014 Richard Tucker Career Grant plus cash awards from the Annenberg Foundation.  Also a visit with former conductor of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, Miriam Burns.  Don’t miss Nuances on Friday, April 25th at 6pm on 91.5FM.