Florida State University students were at the Capitol today (Tuesday) sharing their experiences from last week’s deadly school shooting and advocating for gun reform policies they hope will make school campuses safer. Adrian Andrews tells us more.
A proposal reducing child labor protections in Florida for the second year in a row just passed its final house committee. But Tristan Wood reports it may be in trouble in the Senate.
The Florida Legislature has a mixed record on public records bills this session. One would require public agencies to provide an electronic option to pay for public records requests -- as in, credit cards. But that bill hasn’t been heard in a single committee in either chamber. Another bill, that would exempt the personal information of public officials and their families, is in Messages. Florida’s public records queen, Barbara Petersen, CEO and publisher of the Florida Center for Government Accountability and the Florida Trident, shared her thoughts with Margie Menzel.