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IB students from Rickards High School, representative of diverse political perspectives, examine and discuss the local, state, and national political climate.

IB students from Rickards High School, representative of diverse political perspectives, examine and discuss the local, state, and national political climate.

On tonight’s program: The partisan debate over whether Florida’s elected school board members should be paid is heating up in the state capitol; Governor DeSantis is calling on the Biden administration to change its new immigration policies; Florida’s so-called “anti-riot bill” has cleared the House. Now it’s the state Senate’s turn; Members of Florida’s LGBTQ community fear a “Parents Bill of Rights” measure will actually be a license to discriminate; We have an in-depth follow-up to yesterday’s breaking news about the U.S. Supreme Court turning aside Florida’s assertion that it’s being denied its fair share of the water in the Apalachicola River basin; And cameras could soon be used to enforce speed limits in school zones.

The idea is to discourage graffiti on the area's traffic control boxes by commissioning local artists to turn them into outdoor canvases.

On tonight’s program: The Florida budget crafting is starting to get underway in earnest; There’s breaking news about Florida coming out of the U.S. Supreme Court. We’ll have the latest; Florida’s unemployment system may still have lots of issues, but having one of the nation’s lowest weekly benefits may not be one of them much longer; A murder in Tallahassee may lead to more rights for grandparents all over Florida; Lawmakers say people renting their cars through online apps should have to pay taxes, just like rental car companies; And Florida farmers could actually get paid for more environmentally sensitive farming practices under a bill now working its way through both legislative chambers.

On tonight’s program: More restrictions for Florida voters now appear almost inevitable; The Florida Legislature draws closer to restraining social media companies’ ability to police their content; Environmentalists are urging Governor DeSantis to veto a bill they say would derail local plans to transition fully to renewable energy; A veteran Capital Reporter gives her take on what’s been a priority for this year’s Florida Legislature; And lawmakers say some people are facing discrimination based on whether or not they’ve been vaccinated.

On tonight’s program: Florida lawmakers are running “blue lights and siren” to try to get police reform through the process before time runs out; The Legislature approves a bill allowing licensed firearms in places of worship that are attached to schools; A major priority of Governor DeSantis, reining in social media platforms that reject conservative viewpoints, nears passage in the Florida Legislature; Florida Democrats are raising alarms over a bill that would allow police to use drones to surveil crowds of at least 50 people; Lawmakers vote down a controversial plan to create a public records exemption for college and university presidential searches; And we sit down with a new Legislative member who already is racking up a considerable social media fan base.

Florida could ban abortions based on a diagnosis of a disability. The proposal recently cleared the House following emotional testimony. But its fate is unclear in the Senate.

New generations of American military veterans, beginning in the Vietnam era, have seemed less and less inclined to join traditional veterans service organizations, such as the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and AMVETS. Yet these groups still provide many kinds of services and resources that aren't really available anywhere else. To talk about the efforts of those groups to educate and recruit these veterans in North Florida are: Frank Roycraft, affiliated with Tallahassee VFW Post 3308; Gordon Lightfoot, who's a member of the Marine Corps League and AMVETS; Tom Carney with the Air Force Association; Jim Burke, Marine Corps League and head of the Young Marines organization; and Stuart Scott, a USAF veteran who is the district commander of the American Legion.

IB students from Rickards High School, representative of diverse political perspectives, examine and discuss the local, state, and national political climate.