A House measure placing greater restrictions on the use of red light cameras passed its first committee this week. Nick Evans reports while it differs from a similar proposal in the Senate, many of the arguments against it sound about the same.
Florida’s dodged a bullet in recent years when it comes to hurricanes, but that hasn’t stopped gun-loving conservatives from looking ahead to the next emergency. As Jim Ash reports, a Senate committee Thursday approved a measure giving evacuees the right to bear arms.
Florida prisons are getting a shake down after reports of corruption and prisoner abuse. Regan McCarthy reports now Senators are asking those with an inside view to help give them a better understanding of what’s happening in Florida’s prisons.
If you can’t get to the doctor, it could become easier for the doctor to come to you. That’s the point of telemedicine, which connects physicians to patients through video conferencing. Lynn Hatter reports a compromise worked out with various hospitals, and physician organizations has cleared the way for a telemedicine proposal to get through the legislature.
This year, several Florida cities won state grants to help market themselves as destinations for medical tourism. But as Jessica Palombo from member station WJCT in Jacksonville reports, the boost isn’t enough for a couple of state lawmakers. So they’ve filed a measure that would extend the matching grant program through the year 2018.
A sixty-four ounce glass container used to package craft beer is at the center of a debate in this year’s Florida Legislature. Florida is one of just three states to ban the container, called a “growler”. Lawmakers are now moving bills forward to end the ban, but as Brendan Byrne with member station WMFE in Orlando tells us, the legislation is about more than glass jugs and could change the way craft breweries operate statewide.
Republicans dominate both chambers in the Florida Legislature by comfortable margins. Democrats may not always see their priorities in legislation, but that doesn’t stop them from holding regular meetings during which they talk about what they’d like to see happen. Matthew Seeger tells us what happened at two such Capitol conferences today.