On tonight’s program: An organization supporting transgender people in Tallahassee has gotten national attention; Governor DeSantis signs a bill into law ramping up penalties for interfering with law officers; Florida has a new law imposing harsher penalties on those convicted of retail theft; More and more Florida seniors are finding a place to live less and less affordable; The opioid crisis remains a crisis, although a Medicaid expansion in places like Florida is being touted as a powerful tool to help the fight; And some ancient Native American wisdom may be the best way to deal with some very modern problems.

Cellist Sophie Shao discusses her new album "Can Can Macabre."

Cultural Notes for the week of April 8th.

411 Teen presents Inner Beat, a four part series on Autism and neurodiversity, in partnership with the FSU Center for Autism and Related Disorders.

On tonight’s program: Florida voters will decide the legality of abortion during the upcoming election; A recreational marijuana initiative likewise makes it to this November’s ballot, much to the delight of proponents; We talk with a third-party candidate for president who isn’t happy with the difficulty of qualifying to get on the Florida ballot; Florida’s new education commissioner is making sure that charter schools in one county are getting their share of funding. Even if that share was originally intended for traditional public schools; And while Florida is trying to lure more new manufacturing jobs to the state, some long-time production jobs in a rural North Florida county are disappearing forever.

Krystof Kage and Gabriel Martinez from Theatre Tallahassee discuss their production of "The Producers: A Mel Brooks Musical."

Cultural Notes for the week of April 1st.

This week, 411 Teen sits down with members of Turnabout Inc., a non-profit family and community based program providing support and guidance for at risk youth.

On tonight’s program: A federal court says Florida’s redrawn North Florida congressional district is okay. But that doesn’t mean the matter is closed; Governor DeSantis signs the bill banning younger teens from accessing social media. And it looks like that’s not a done deal either; Disney and the State of Florida resolve at least one issue in their ongoing battle; Florida acts to ban synthesized meat. That battle is continuing; One of Florida’s U.S. Senators returns from Israel with strong criticism for the Biden administration; The state is helping businesses recruit employees amid an ongoing worker shortage; And some advocacy groups are pushing Florida to rejoin a system that is supposed to ensure no voters cast ballots in more than one state.

Members of the Tallahassee City Commission and Leon County Board of County Commissioners field questions about a wide range of important local issues during the 2024 Tallahassee Town Hall. The event, under the auspices of the Village Square, Leadership Tallahassee, Tallahassee Democrat, MedAffinityEHR, City of Tallahassee and Leon County, took place in the studios of WFSU Public Media.