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On tonight’s program: Activists and Democrats are pushing back on a DeSantis administration push to block gender affirming care for transgender kids; Florida Democrats are still trying to figure out how to bounce back from the drubbing the party’s candidates took in the 2020 election. And the leadership competition is heating up; Florida marks the fifth anniversary of a terrible tragedy: the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School; Who provides healthcare coverage for most Florida kids? We’ll give you a hint: it’s NOT private health insurance; You’ve probably heard of “microfibers.” But how about “microforest?” It seems something that even kids find exciting; And after so much bad news about Florida’s manatees for so long, there may be a glimmer of light on the horizon.

On tonight’s program: It appears Florida gunowners soon won’t need a permit for concealed carry of firearms. Although there are still some who say the proposal doesn’t go far enough; As Florida moves toward universal education vouchers, how much will this cost? It depends on who you ask; A mental health expert talks about how social media is affecting children; We have a story montage about the teaching of Black History in Florida; And Florida says goodbye to the last statewide growth manager who often ran afoul of those who wanted to build developments with little or no oversight

On tonight’s program: Florida lawmakers appear ready to consider some sweeping changes that could run afoul of First Amendment guarantees. Although its supporters insist that’s not the idea at all; Governor DeSantis takes aim at environmentally and socially conscious investing; Florida school board races would become partisan contests under a bill lawmakers will consider during the upcoming session. But the proposal isn’t getting universal applause; A father of six talks about how a private school scholarship has benefited his dyslexic son; Florida lawmakers appear determined to further restrict the autonomy of local governments during the upcoming session; Governor DeSantis’s immigration policies are receiving pushback from undocumented students whose parents brought them to Florida as small children; And as more international refugees come to Florida, a clinic in Tampa is helping link them to the medical and psychological help that would be otherwise unavailable to them.

On tonight’s program: Legislative leaders and the governor voice their priorities for the upcoming sixty day session; An even more restrictive abortion bill than the one now before the state supreme court hits the hopper; And the governor applauds recent restrictions on gender affirming therapies in Florida.

On tonight’s program: After years of false starts, supporters think this is the year major lawsuit reform will come to Florida; The concept of universal school vouchers is bumping into some unpleasant fiscal realities; A proposal to bring rural electric cooperatives that provide broadband under the authority of the state's Public Service Commission gets its first hearing....; And a high school athletics could fall under the control of the Florida governor’s office under a bill now being debated at the capitol.

On tonight’s program: For years, Florida’s local school board races have been non-partisan affairs. Now it appears that’s going to change; A bill to change school start times – and give teenagers more sleep - passes its first committee…; A bipartisan plan to create more affordable housing has already cleared the Senate in the first week of regular session; And the bill allowing permitless carrying of firearms in Florida is moving ahead quickly

On tonight’s program: The Parkland shooting prompts proposed changes to Florida’s death penalty law; Florida drops out of a multi-state voter registration database, meant to flag folks who cast ballots in more than one state. And that move has its critics; Governor DeSantis says the state’s water quality is rebounding. But even some Florida lawmakers say the situation may be a bit less rosy than it’s being portrayed; A plan to regulate kratom use in Florida is moving through House and Senate committees with unanimous support...;Sweeping tort reform seems to have a better chance in Florida now than it has in the past, mainly because of judicial appointments made by Governor DeSantis; And Florida’s proposed limits on gender-affirming care for young people has some sounding the alarm.

On tonight’s program: Governor DeSantis sets his sights on stripping diversity, equity and inclusion programs from the state’s colleges and universities; We hear the thoughts of some public school teachers about proposed changes to what can and can’t be taught; And we get the latest Florida jobs numbers.

On tonight’s program: Big change could be coming for the American history courses offered in Florida’s state colleges and universities; A bill making gender affirming care for minors against the law is working its way through the lawmaking process; Legislation banning any kind of “age inappropriate” sex instruction in public schools could extend through high school; Opponents warn a measure making it easier to sue the news media could come back to bite its supporters; And a teenager’s death spurs legislation to boost safety on amusement rides.

A Florida House committee has advanced a bill that would make it easier for journalists and their media outlets to be sued.