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Florida YouthShine (Striving High for Independence and Empowerment) is a youth-run organization with representation across the state. Membership is composed of teens and young adults between the ages of 13-24, who are either currently or formerly foster youths within the Florida child welfare system.

On tonight’s program: Democrats, election supervisors and voting rights groups join in opposition to Florida’s proposed election law changes. But Republicans in the Legislature are forging ahead; Lots of politicians have been grousing about social media censorship. But a new survey suggests a lot of average folks in Florida don’t like those restrictions very much either; Lawmakers are working to clarify how non-emergency medical transportation for people who get benefits from both Medicare and Medicaid should be paid for; We speak with a disability rights advocate about a bill that would ban what are called “disability abortions”; And even though catastrophe was narrowly averted when an abandoned phosphate mine’s holding pond threatened to inundate nearby neighborhoods, the basic problem still has Florida officials flummoxed.

Injured police dogs would get priority medical help if they're injured on the job. That's under a bill approved by the Senate and awaiting a floor vote in the House. The measure would put the canine officers at the front of the line if no one else at the scene needs medical attention or transport.

On tonight’s program: A plan to term-limit school board members in Florida gets blowback from rural Republicans; It took some heavy negotiation, but a policing reform bill is now up and running in the Florida legislature; A move to expand the scope of practice for physicians’ assistants has been significantly watered down. Some say it’s a missed opportunity to expand access to health care; Big changes could be coming to Florida’s dysfunctional unemployment system; As Florida’s economy slowly recovers, there are more employers looking for workers, but a significant number of workers are still in need of jobs; And advancing through the legislature is a proposal to allow human paramedics to treat and transport police canines that are hurt in the line of duty.

The 27,000 square foot, $23 million facility will allow hospital patients on-site recovery.

When child abuse happens in Florida, the Network of Children's Advocacy Centers swings into action through its 27 regional agencies. They provide a safe, comforting environment for the children as their case is investigated and the Network also acts as a coordinator for the response of other organizations' involvement. To talk about it are: Cindy Vallely, the Network's executive director; and Board President Jackie Stephens.

On tonight’s program: With time growing short, the pace of budget negotiations ramps up at the Florida Capitol; Florida consumers will no longer have the burden of sending the state sales tax payments for online purchases to out-of-state businesses; We’ll also get updates on statewide efforts to promote literacy and a growing trend of having special response teams instead of armed police officers to deal with non-violent cases involving mental health issues; Military grandparents with out-of-state grandchildren could lure them to Florida with promises of in-state tuition; Tallahassee becomes the latest Florida town to try a special mental-health response team for certain kinds of police calls; And the Florida House moves forward with a program to promote more statewide literacy.

On tonight’s program: The Florida House and Senate are still miles apart on a plan to revamp school choice. Opponents say the ultimate plan needs to include more oversight of private schools; Once again, the Florida Legislature considers reforming the state’s alimony laws; A GOP-backed proposal to restrict transgender women and girls from playing on female teams may die in the Florida Senate; Lawmakers are looking into a program that’s supposed to provide support for children who suffered neurological or spinal cord injuries at birth; And two and a half years after the fact, the aftermath of Hurricane Michael is still the subject of analysis, and how events of the past year made the struggle of victims worse.

On tonight’s program: With just a week remaining in this legislative session, a special session about gaming is already on lawmakers’ calendars; Will out-of-work Floridians ever see more unemployment payments than they do now? That’s a question that still has state lawmakers divided; We hear from Floridians who say the guilty verdicts in the Derek Chauvin trial this week are a far cry from justice. Miami-Dade’s police director weighs in on Florida’s new anti-riot law; A legislative proposal to expand police agencies’ use of drones is causing some lawmakers to raise privacy concerns; It seems telehealth can be just as helpful for four-legged as two-legged patients. The Florida Legislature is leaning in the direction of making the service more accessible to pet owners; And we visit a Florida habitat that seems custom-made to fight the major cause of climate change.

Local governments wouldn't be able to ban or restrict the types of fuels utilities use to power customer's homes and businesses under a bill that has cleared its last House committee stop. Those powers would be preempted to the state. Now, elected officials are joining environmentalists in opposing the measure.