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On tonight’s program: A plan tying Florida’s Bright Futures Scholarships to student majors has been watered down again due to pressure from students, parents and educators; Diverting sales tax money collected from out-of-state Internet sellers to Florida’s unemployment fund has workers’ advocates in a lather; Florida’s insurance industry decries unscrupulous lawyers and roofing contractors for filing lawsuits, which then raise insurance rates. We’ll also hear how a legislative fix for that is faring in the Florida House; And once again the battle lines are drawn in the Florida Legislature between optometrists and ophthalmologists.

The raptor habitat was severely damaged by Hurricane Michael in 2018.

Lawmakers are again considering a proposal to change how alimony and child sharing is handled in divorce cases. Of the many changes included in the measure, one would eliminate permanent alimony unless both parties agree to it. A group of family law attorneys are against the proposal.

On tonight’s program: Are Florida’s college and university students receiving a wide diversity of opinions and viewpoints in their classes? State lawmakers want to know; Despite frantic lobbying from affordable housing advocates, the Florida Legislature moves ahead to divert money from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund to fighting sea level rise; Florida’s election districts are up for redrawing in the wake of last year’s U.S. Census. And the spirited debate about how that might happen is well underway; The Florida Retirement System remains in pretty good shape, say state officials, which is precisely the reason it needs to be changed now; Lawmakers are moving ahead with a plan to extend pandemic-era telehealth. But not everything is included; And we sit down with the last Democrat to serve as Florida governor to discuss his thoughts on the present political landscape.

On tonight’s program: Florida’s bill to crack down on protests that police deem “violent” had been stalled, but is now on the move again; It’s the State of Florida versus the federal government over whether or not cruise ships can sail again. We’ll have a report on the legal battle; The high cost of insulin is leading people to make choices that could put their lives at risk; As the Florida Legislature considers a ban on transgender girls and women playing scholastic sports with other females, what are the emotional and psychological ramifications? We’ll talk with an expert in the field; And we get a preview of yet another casualty of the pandemic that is returning. Wrestlemania is back in Tampa.

Originally set to take place in Tallahassee's Cascades Park, the two-day event quickly relocated to a number of alternate venues.

The Florida Legislature has passed a measure meant to permanently reallocate funds from the state's affordable housing programs to help pay for the governor's environmental initiatives. But a compromise will cap future sweeps of the affordable housing fund.

On tonight’s program: Police reform was off to a hot start as Florida lawmakers convened almost two months ago. But it seems the issue has lost steam as Session nears its end; Horse groups say a move to decouple parimutuels will leave thousands of people without a job; Whether by restriction or outright ban, a majority of Florida lawmakers appear ready to block scholastic sports participation of transgender girls and women; Fears of Venezuelan-type socialism taking over America is a hot talking point in some circles. But state legislatures like Florida’s could actually be moving in that direction by stripping authority from city and county governments; And traditional newspapers still derive a big chunk of their revenue from publishing public notices. That could could go away if the legislature removes the legal requirement and that has newspaper advocates worried.

A bill heading to the House floor would effectively ban transgender women and girls from competing in women and girls school sports teams. The measure’s sponsor says this ban is needed because biological males have a physical advantage over biological females when it comes to sports. Robbie Gaffney speaks with Janet Silverstein, a pediatric endocrinologist who works at UF Health’s Youth Gender Program, which provides services to transgender and gender-nonconforming youth and their families. They begin their conversation with the changes transgender girls go through when undergoing hormone therapy.

On tonight’s program: The death of South Florida Congressman Alcee Hastings means a special election soon. We’ll have a preview; A bill banning transgender women from playing on women’s teams in scholastic sports is headed for the floor of the Florida House; The worry is that too many foreign adversaries are funneling research money through Florida’s colleges and universities so those countries can steal the fruits of that research. Florida lawmakers want to tighten up that process, but there are those who say it’s an overreaction; Legislators want Florida to create a tracking system for rape kits so victims can be better informed about what’s going on in their cases; Floridians from across the state come to the Capitol to speak in favor of a bill to do away with permanent alimony payments; And a total collapse of the massive holding pond at an abandoned Manatee County phosphate mine remains a possibility, even as many worry about the contaminated water being drained from the pond to prevent a collapse.