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On tonight’s program: Lawmakers will be back in Tallahassee on Monday. One item on their agenda, Governor DeSantis’s proposed takeover of the Magic Kingdom; Will a massive expansion of Florida’s school vouchers essentially defund and depopulate the state’s traditional public schools?; A measure doing away with the need for a state-issued concealed weapons permit seems teed up for near certain legislative passage, even though public opinion seems stacked against the proposal; Governor DeSantis’s new budget proposal contains lots of federal stimulus money. U.S. Senator Rick Scott wants it returned, but the governor says that’s not happening; We hear from Andrew Warren, the Hillsborough County Prosecutor suspended by Governor DeSantis; Hurricane experts conclude storms are getting worse. If you have any doubt, consider Hurricane Ian; Despite some changes following an initial rejection by the State of Florida, an advanced placement Black History course continues to draw criticism; And despite all the uncertainty about what can and can’t be said about race in Florida’s public schools, teachers are still determined to teach those lessons

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On tonight’s program: The Florida Legislature wraps up a week-long special session. Among the accomplishments, a change in governance for Disney’s Central Florida property. Although the governor insists taxpayers won’t foot the bill; Lawmakers loosen the rules for concealed carry of firearms in Florida. Although not every Second Amendment fan is happy with the outcome; A statewide prosecutor may now have more muscle to go after alleged voter fraud under a measure that passed special session muster this week, although some lawmakers wondered if the state’s original voting fraud charges were even legit; Florida changes its law on how collegiate athletes can profit from the use of their name, image and likeness; Information about student athlete’s menstrual cycles will remain private in Florida. Although some say that information is actually important to have; Amidst a surge of anti-Semitic activities in Florida, the legislature advances new prohibitions and penalties; And the push continues to make health care more affordable and accessible for many of Florida’s most vulnerable residents.

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