Regan McCarthy
Assistant News DirectorRegan McCarthy is the Assistant News Director for WFSU Public Media. Before coming to Tallahassee, Regan graduated with honors from Indiana University’s Ernie Pyle School of Journalism. She worked for several years for NPR member station WFIU in Bloomington, Ind., where she covered local and state government and produced feature and community stories. She has also worked for the London Business Matters Magazine and the Rochester Sentinel. She is the recipient of several professional broadcast awards for investigative reporting, feature reporting, government reporting and use of sound. When she isn’t tracking the latest stories, she spends her time knitting, reading, strolling through Tallahassee's many parks, and brunching at new restaurants.
Follow Regan McCarthy on Twitter: @Regan_McCarthy | Phone: 850-645-6090 | Email: <a href="mailto:rmccarthy@fsu.edu">rmccarthy@fsu.edu</a>
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The bill dubbed compact to conserve is on it way to the governor's desk.
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Fetal personhood made headlines recently when the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos are "extrauterine children." The ruling raised questions across the country about fetal personhood.
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A bill to address the state’s growing doctor shortage has cleared its final House committee. The measure is a priority for Senate President Kathleen Passidomo.
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The amendments would impose term limits on members of Congress, require the federal government to pass a balanced budget, and give the president line-item veto power.
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A bill to grow the state’s healthcare workforce passed the full Florida Senate today. The Live Healthy package is heading next to the Florida House.
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LGBTQ+ Pride flags, Black Lives Matter flags and others could soon be barred from public schools, universities, and government buildings. A bill that prohibits such places from displaying flags that represent a political viewpoint passed its first committee stop today.
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In Florida, finding care during pregnancy and in the year following birth can be a struggle. This session, the Republican-controlled legislature is working to address that with measures that would shrink maternity care deserts and by looking for ways to better educate the public. But some Democrats say the state is also moving forward with rules that are making access to care harder and in some cases putting the life of pregnant people in danger.
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House Speaker Paul Renner and Senate President Kathleen Passidomo are cosigning on one another’s legislative priorities. During Tuesday’s opening session the leaders highlighted plans to address healthcare, support kids and protect the environment.
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Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo is making access to healthcare her top priority for the legislative session. She’s outlined plans for bills to expand the state’s healthcare workforce and to encourage innovation in the healthcare field. And, Passidomo says she expects lawmakers to file at least a dozen other measures that could fit into her Live Healthy initiative.
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The risk of death for mothers during pregnancy or in the year following childbirth is rising and experts say one of the contributing factors is lack of access to healthcare. Now, as part of an effort to address the trend, Florida lawmakers are looking into a plan to expand maternal telehealth.