Search results for

Since 2006, Bryan Desloge has represented the fast-growing and mostly affluent Northeast part of the county. Now, for the first time in a dozen years, he has a challenger; Chiles High School teacher Brian Welch. They give their views about issues ranging from economic development, to the response to COVID-19.

The combination of the coronavirus pandemic, economic uncertainty, contentious politics and other stressors seem connected to the recent rise in substance abuse across the nation. To talk about it are: Kathleen Roberts, executive director Community Coalition Alliance; General Arthur Dean, CADCA (Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America); Joe Davis with Florida Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs; Florida State Representative Colleen Burton (R-Polk County); and Dr. Greg Colbath, an orthopedic surgeon based in Spartanburg, SC.

On tonight’s program: The November third election is just a little more than two weeks away. And as usual, the question is: “What about Florida?”; Voter accessibility advocates want Florida elections officials to consider making digital voting a reality; How can you assure the safety of the Florida Legislature as it soon starts meeting in the midst of the pandemic?; Hemp is okay; psychoactive marijuana is still illegal on the federal level. But now there’s a version of legal hemp that produces a potentially illegal high; The legendary Tupelo honey produced in the state’s remote Panhandle region is facing a dry spell.

On tonight’s program: With Florida a toss-up state, President Trump makes back-to-back visits today. But in a traditionally solid GOP stronghold, not everyone is on the Trump train; Famous election attorney Barry Richard, a key player in Florida’s 2000 electoral meltdown, says allegations of voter fraud should be taken with a heaping helping of salt; One hundred years after women got the right to vote, their voices are growing stronger and louder; Florida election supervisors take pandemic precautions for long-term care residents who want to vote; Florida’s pandemic-battered tourism industry is still struggling to get back on its feet; Governor Ron DeSantis insists Florida schools will stay upon regardless of what happens with the pandemic; Two North Florida counties, still recovering from devastating storm damage, have found ways to handle the election.

Since it first opened in the early 1980s, Leon County's Innovation Park has had moderate success in attracting major tenants, such as the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and Danfoss Turbocor. That goal is still part of its mission, but the Park and its partners have expanded that role to support new homegrown enterprises. To talk about it are: Ron Miller, Innovation Park executive director; Michael Tentnowski, director of entrepreneurship; and Board Chair Kim Moore.

Micki Boas is the author of One In Five - How We're Fighting For Our Dyslexic Kids In A System That's Failing Them. Schools are failing to deliver the services mandated by federal law, usually due to a lack of funding. As a result, the problem is often denied, interventions are delayed, accommodations are faulty and many parents blame themselves. Micki Boas joins this episode of 411 Teen.Original airdate: October 25, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has compelled creative solutions to artistic problems. One of these was how to maintain a full season of performances for the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. CEO Amanda Stringer and Music Director/Conductor Darko Butorac provide a preview of the online offerings - featuring an all-star lineup of performers - between Sept. 11 and March 27, 2021.