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Certified financial consultant Gregg Murset explores the lack of financial literacy education in public schools, and how parents can make a difference and…

411 Teen talks with members and staff in the Alanon / Alateen community in Tallahassee, which exists to counsel and help young people cope with the…

IB students from Rickards High School, representative of diverse political perspectives, examine and discuss the local, state, and national political…

SAIL High School students examine attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of those who fall under the category of "white supremacists." Hate groups and the…

The transition to manhood can be an exciting experience, or because they go through so many changes in a short period of time, many teenagers feel…

Florida’s unemployment system is slowly getting better, but after finally managing to sign up, too many are finding no gold at the end of the rainbow. An advocate for nursing home residents says families are concerned about the safety of their loved ones in those facilities. Come Monday, more of Florida will be opening to consumers. Summer travel will look different this year. The State Board of Education decides that taking an exam instead of courses is equally effective when it comes to making sure students know how American government works. But not everyone agrees. The coronavirus has thrown a lot of plans out of whack for a lot of people. We take a look into how mothers-to-be are trying to make the best of it.

From the “isn’t one disaster enough?” department, what happens if a major hurricane strikes Florida in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic? The possibility of cascading catastrophes could greatly complicate life for emergency managers and evacuees. The feds promised coronavirus tests would all be free of charge. But some aren’t. A government watchdog group has some suggestions on how Florida can start closing an ever-widening revenue gap. Sparks fly at this week’s Florida Cabinet meeting between Governor DeSantis and Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried. Kaylea (KAY-lee) Skinner is just one of many newly minted university graduates. She was hoping to go into event planning, but jobs in that field have dried up as a consequence of the pandemic.

The pandemic has certainly changed almost everything. But those changes, whether on the job or in personal life, aren’t necessarily all bad. The challenges posed by change can also be leveraged into opportunities for growth, as well as new and better ways of coping with future change. To talk about it are: Terrie Ard, president and chief operating officer of the Moore Agency and that organization’s senior vice president Jordan Jacobs who have been providing online seminars on these subjects.

Working from home can sure work up an appetite and for too many stay-at-home workers, those regular trips to the kitchen for “inspiration” have resulted in excess poundage. To talk about painless, easy ways to slim down and get back into shape are: well-known physical fitness buff and Leon County Commission Chair Bryan Desloge; Mary Jean Yon, race director for the Gulf Winds Track Club; Gregg Patterson, head of Move Tallahassee; Tonya Little, program developer and communications specialist for Premier Health and Fitness Center; and Premier’s Nutritionist Annie Justmann.

Many parts of North Florida were already plagued by hunger before the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the situation is even worse, although there are many organizations and individuals working to ease the deprivation. Our virtual panel consists of: Carmen Connor, principal of Oak Ridge Elementary School; Oak Ridge Elementary Principal Jasmine Smith; Laurye Messer, a founding organizer of the Full Summer program; and Second Harvest of the Big Bend CEO Monique Ellsworth.