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Dr. Paria Hassouri, pediatrician and mother of three, chronicles her child’s transition from male to female, and her own evolution as she overcomes deep-seated insecurities about not fitting in as an Iranian immigrant.

For the third year in a row, Florida legislators want to make it more difficult to amend the state Constitution. Florida requires approval of 60 percent of voters to change the Constitution. Republicans want to raise the bar higher.

On tonight’s program: The battle goes on in the Florida Capitol over whether transgender female students can be banned from playing on women’s high school and college sports teams; While some places are offering special access to those vaccinated against the coronavirus, Governor Ron DeSantis is pushing back against those so-called “vaccine passports” hard; There are a bunch of proposed changes to Florida’s elections laws this session. But what does it mean for those who actually run the state’s voting mechanism? We’ll talk with an actual supervisor of elections who says some changes will have a hefty price tag; Governor DeSantis had a priority of protecting coastal communities from sea level rise. The problem was finding money to pay for it. Florida lawmakers seem to have found a source for that money; And lawmakers say giving kids CPR training before they graduate could give them the skills they need to save lives in the future.

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.