Lynn Hatter
News DirectorLynn Hatter is a Florida A&M University graduate with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Lynn has served as reporter/producer for WFSU since 2007 with education and health care issues as her key coverage areas. She is an award-winning member of the Capital Press Corps and has participated in the NPR Kaiser Health News Reporting Partnership and NPR Education Initiative. When she’s not working, Lynn spends her time watching sci-fi and action movies, writing her own books, going on long walks through the woods, traveling and exploring antique stores.
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Florida politicos are crossing over into Georgia as that state faces a critical runoff in two U.S. Senate races. Those seats could decide the fate of the Senate—and Republicans and Democrats are battling to get their candidates across the finish line. The fight over Georgia, coupled with Florida’s relatively low profile at the moment, is raising a question: is Georgia, the new Florida? -
The coronavirus has exasperated pre-existing mental health problems and now the City of Tallahassee, local law enforcement and the areas primary mental health hospital are trying to address it.
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The City of Tallahassee will spend $450,000 to update the Tallahassee Police Department’s service weapons.
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North Florida Congressman Al Lawson will continue to represent the district that stretches from Tallahassee to Jacksonville. Lawson won his re-election bid by defeating Republican Gary Adler. Lawson received 65% of the vote.
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Carolyn Cummings replaces retired commissioner Mary Ann Lindley on the Leon County Commission.
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Florida State University’s legendary football coach, Bobby Bowden, is once again backing President Donald Trump’s re-election bid. Bowden initially endorsed Trump four years ago, even appearing alongside him at a rally in Tallahassee.
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Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers were one of the first bird species to be protected under the Endangered Species Act. Back in the 1970s, their numbers were in the low thousands. It has taken decades for the bird to recover, but it has -- to the point where now federal officials are considering downlisting it from endangered to threatened.
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Florida is extending its voter registration to 7 p.m. tonight eastern time after the state’s website crashed yesterday evening.
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Support for the Black Lives Matter movement is declining, according to a PEW Research Survey taken in mid-September.
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Malik Jackson’s father is suing the City of Tallahassee for invasion of privacy and emotional distress after it released, on YouTube, body camera footage showing Jackson’s final moments. He was stabbed and killed earlier this year by Tony McDade who was later shot and killed by police.
