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On tonight’s program: Where there were two, there’s now one. A combined COVID liability bill is now working its way through the Florida Legislature; Is it a tax increase or a tax cut? A plan to replenish Florida’s unemployment trust fund by collecting online sales taxes gets the green light in committee, but not everyone is okay with it; An expert on infectious diseases is urging the State of Florida to make COVID vaccinations available to as many people as possible as quickly as possible; If a woman wants an abortion because she fears her baby might have a disability, a physician could stop her under a proposal under consideration in the Florida Legislature. Lawyers say that could interfere with free speech rights; Florida lawmakers want to let optometrists start doing some of the things only ophthalmologists typically do now. But experts say the two professions are more different than they sound; And the massive COVID rescue plan signed by President Biden today could help more Floridians keep their health insurance coverage during pandemics.

On tonight’s program: Florida’s Republican-dominated legislature is pushing through legislation to change the state’s vote-by-mail rules, following a relatively glitch-free 2020 election cycle; Legislative Republicans fear medical marijuana use could become Florida’s next pill mill epidemic; We take a look at how many Florida kids are falling under the state’s Baker Act and being sent for involuntary psychiatric exams, usually after a behavioral incident at school; Electric car enthusiasts are in support of a proposal that would charge them more money for their license tags in exchange for more places to charge their vehicles in Florida; And Florida farmers may find the harvesting of carbon may add a profitable crop to their revenue streams.

A felony conviction does not have to carry a life sentence. There are many programs and partnerships in the Capital City area that help those who have served their time find employment, housing and a positive purpose in life after lockup. To talk about it are: Rebecca Kelly-Manders, founder of the REfire Culinary Program for former offenders; Larry Bourdeau, director of re-entry programs for the Leon County Sheriff's Department; Don Papania, owner of Carver's Discount Dry Cleaners; Anne Meisenzahl and Rashad Simon, both board members of the Big Bend AFTER Re-entry Coalition; and Freddie Rouse from Disc Village.

On tonight’s program: A plan closing a loophole in parental notification in Baker Act cases has mental health advocates cheering; Robbie Gaffney speaks with lawyers over the legality of Florida’s proposed transgender athlete ban and whether it discriminates against transgender students on the basis of sex; We compare and contrast election laws passed by the Georgia Legislature, with those just passed by Florida lawmakers and signed into law by Governor DeSantis this week; After being mostly trounced in the 2020 election and essentially steam rolled during the legislative session just ended, Florida Democrats are shopping for a winning strategy; And lawmakers are gearing up for a special session on a new gambling proposal. Legislative leaders say they plan to vet the already controversial plan carefully.

Medical professionals are dealing with the scariness of working around patients with a highly contagious and sometimes fatal disease. It’s a scary time for anyone in the medical field, especially nurses who have frequent contact with critically ill COVID patients. But that’s not stopping future nurses from pursuing their dreams.

On tonight’s program: Florida’s education leaders appear to be in agreement to hold schools and districts harmless from the results of this year’s standardized tests. But exactly how that might work is still quite up in the air; A bill giving the state more authority over vacation rentals is amended to keep a bit more regulatory say-so at the local level. That move in apparent deference to opponents like the Florida League of Cities; A guy who once headed up Visit Florida’s marketing efforts, applauds a move by the legislature to not force the organization to ride off into the sunset; A new legislative proposal would require parents to opt their students into sex education classes; Lawmakers want to track barriers that are stopping people from getting the mental health care they need; And the majority on the Florida Legislature continues its campaign to pull more and more authority from the state’s cities and counties.

The new park will offer a variety of recreational amenities where a storm water retention pond is presently located.

On tonight’s program: It’s full speed ahead for Florida’s so-called “anti-riot” bill, which is now teed up for a full House vote, with a few changes from its original version; We’ll take a deep dive into a legislative proposal to impose new voting restrictions in Florida. A move the bill’s sponsor calls “prudent precautions”; More than 90,000 Floridians had their utilities disconnected in January of this year. Now lawmakers are trying to give those folks some relief; We’ll have an update on the increase in Florida manatee deaths; It seems the state of Florida has become one of the nation’s top locations for political extremism; And are you ready for a cold one? To go? Florida lawmakers would like to make permanent a coronavirus provision that would let people order alcoholic drinks-to-go. But some are urging there be some limits.

On tonight’s program: Changes to how Florida funds its Bright Futures Scholarships and which students will get them is becoming a legislative battleground; The State of Florida is waging a war of words against communism; If you are a customer of state-run Citizens Property Insurance, brace yourself...a hefty rate hike could be headed in your direction; Local governments wouldn’t be able to ban or restrict power providers from using certain fuel under a bill advancing through the State Senate; Lawmakers want to give local governments the ability to regulate smoking on local beaches and at parks; And a typical Florida Legislative Session used to include a lot of events celebrating various locations around the state. Now even those celebrations are taking place in cyberspace.

Students would need their parents’ consent to receive sex education under a bill moving forward in the legislature. The measure’s sponsor, Rep. Linda Chaney (R-St. Petersburg) says parents and grandparents in her district were denied access to view materials used in school sex education courses. She says her bill will make parents more involved and provide greater transparency on what’s taught in sex ed.