The Florida Senate has agreed to a House budget proposal that would eliminate 12-million dollars in funding for Enterprise Florida. The state’s business recruiting agency has come under fire for not producing enough revenue. Adrian Andrews reports.
While lawmakers move forward on a gender-specific bathroom bill, drag queens protest outside the Capitol as we hear from Tom Flanigan.
Some of the legislation being discussed in Tallahassee has been described as having a chilling effect on freedom of speech. WUSF's Matthew Peddie talks about that with Kara Gross, legislative director of the ACLU of Florida, and Bobby Block, executive director of the First Amendment Foundation in Tallahassee.
Lawmakers hope to address the state’s alarming rate of seagrass loss and record breaking manatee deaths with a pair of bills moving forward this session.