While separate citizen proposals to legalize recreational marijuana struggle to gather signatures in Florida, some state lawmakers learned that at least one state that has already adopted that course – namely Oregon – is seeing some downsides. More from Tom Flanigan.
Citing what they say is a tremendous public and private cost to Floridians from divorce, two Republican state legislators want to create a “Florida Guide to Healthy Marriages.” Ryan Dailey has the details on a bill filed for the coming session.
A judge appointed by the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week (last week) in the so called Tri-State Water Wars. The case stems from a fight over how Florida, Georgia, and Alabama should share the water flowing down into the Apalachicola River. Regan McCarthy looks into some of the history of the fight and what’s likely next.
As more police officers and firefighters come forward to talk about mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder, departments are struggling to accommodate them. As Health News Florida's Abe Aboraya reports, a change in policy at one department is led to a first responder to the Pulse nightclub massacre being fired – today.
Bring a scientist into every Florida school — at least for a visit once a year. That's the big-picture goal of a new initiative funded by the University of Florida. Palm Beach County is one of five school districts participating in a pilot where scientists visit schools to share their research with students and form relationships with teachers. [NOTE FOR OTHER STATIONS: The other counties are Alachua, Escambia, Lee and Seminole.] WLRN's Jessica Bakeman visited Roosevelt Middle School in West Palm Beach to see the program in action.
Summer is over, Florida beaches, even in the Keys, are nowhere near as crowded as they were a few months ago. But the issue of sunscreen and what it contains lingers on in the Florida Legislature. Florida lawmakers are trying to overrule Key West’s ban on certain sunscreen sales. They want the state – and not cities to regulate sales. Robbie Gaffney reports the proposed law is moving up through the legislature.