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Capital Report: April 20, 2023

Agreement is needed from only eight jurors for a death penalty recommendation. That’s under a new Florida law signed by Governor Ron DeSantis today (Thursday). Regan McCarthy reports critics say Florida now has the lowest threshold in the country for death penalty verdicts.

North Florida has a wastewater program. Many communities are too poor to fund massive improvements projects themselves, and often rely on state and federal funding. Now, as Adrian Andrews reports, Republican Senator Corey Simon has a bill to help.

Millions of Floridians awoke to shrieking cell phone and other device alarms during the pre-dawn hours this (Thursday) morning. It was an emergency alert test that should have gone only to broadcast outlets. Lynn Hatter has the backstory.