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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.

On tonight’s program: An opening day for the Florida Legislative Session unlike anyone can remember; Governor Ron DeSantis spends much of his State of the State speech celebrating what a great job Florida did in responding to the coronavirus pandemic; On this opening day of Florida’s 2021 Legislative Session, we’ll hear President of the State Senate Wilton Simpson talk about environmental protection; Florida House Speaker Chris Sprowls waxes optimistic that good things can be accomplished during this year’s confab; Lawmakers want to give harsher penalties to criminals who attack someone based on their profession or some other characteristic. But some in the legislature are skeptical of these proposals; Lawmakers are looking into a plan to keep expanded telehealth access in place, even after the pandemic. But some people say a few items are missing.

JMI, a limited government think tank in Tallahassee, is out with a report that examines how Florida lawmakers can expand ‘regulatory sandboxes’ to boost business innovation in the state.

On tonight’s program: Florida lawmakers say medical providers who were doing their best during the start of the pandemic need protection from COVID-19 related lawsuits; Plans to create three controversial toll roads in Florida could be scrapped if a new bill advancing through the Legislature gains traction; There are plenty of education issues floating around the Capitol this Session. We take a look at some of them with the News Service of Florida’s education reporter; Could THIS finally be the year a decade-long effort to curb seclusion and restraint as student behavior control techniques in schools gets a legislative pass?; And a bill that would bar young children from being charged with minor offenses is moving through the state Senate again this year. The measure’s prime sponsor says he’s confident this is the year it makes it across the finish line.

Just a few short generations ago, many jobs - especially in the construction arena - were considered exclusively a male domain. Today, women are involved in virtually every facet of that industry and many more that were previously closed to them. To talk about it are: Kerwyn Jones-Wilson with Jones Construction and Design; Stephanie Wilder with Rowe Roofing; Jackie Wilson with Metronet; Heather Nelson from Tallahassee International Airport; and Michelle Madison with Farming the Future.

On tonight’s program: A bill to allow police drones to do surveillance on crowds of 50 or more is giving civil liberty watchdog groups heartburn; Democrats in the state legislature bring out their package of COVID-related legislation. We’ll take a look and also explore the package’s passage possibility; Republican lawmakers - as well as Governor DeSantis - have a slightly different take on the matter than their Democratic colleagues in the Legislature; Public school parents push back as a voucher merger heads for a Senate vote; There is no single-payer health care system in Florida today. And if the Republicans in the state legislature are successful, ever having such a thing in the state would become a lot less likely; And the state launches a program for new financial technology companies, almost a year after Florida lawmakers gave it the green light.

On tonight’s program: A top priority of Republicans in this year’s lawmaking session - cracking down on public protests - is moving ahead in the Legislature; The Florida Senate’s top lawmaker is backing efforts to keep children out of the revolving doors of foster care; The combined Capital Bureau chief for the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times talks about some of her impressions on the way Florida’s state government has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic; Environmentalists say a bill to make it harder to sue farms is a response to a federal lawsuit stemming from south Florida against big sugar; And Florida lawmakers want to make sure kids can get access to hearing aids. A bill moving through the Legislature would require health insurance companies to cover them.