Lynn Hatter
Lynn Hatter is a Florida A&M University graduate with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Lynn has served as reporter/producer for WFSU since 2007 with education and health care issues as her key coverage areas. She is an award-winning member of the Capital Press Corps and has participated in the NPR Kaiser Health News Reporting Partnership and NPR Education Initiative. When she’s not working, Lynn spends her time watching sci-fi and action movies, writing her own books, going on long walks through the woods, traveling and exploring antique stores. Follow Lynn Hatter on Twitter: @HatterLynn.
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Local Health Officials Say They Don't Have Authority To Decide Whether Schools Resume In-Person ClasA directive from the Florida Department of Education says the state’s public schools have to reopen for in-person classes five days a week in August. The order also says the reopenings should happen unless state or local health departments say otherwise. But local health officials say they don’t have the authority to give that advice. -
The removal of problematic names and the acknowledgment of the current racial climate were at the forefront of the Tallahassee Commissions agenda. Lynn Hatter reports in an hours-long meeting, commissioners voted to erect new monuments to racial equity, and remove vestiges of a problematic past. -
In the weeks since a Tallahassee police officer shot and killed Tony McDade, his name has been featured alongside the likes of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd—those who have become symbols of police brutality and racial inequity. He’s also been held up as a symbol of violence against transgender people. McDade was a transgender man. Much of the media attention on the McDade case has ignored or de-emphasized that, moments before being shot by police, he killed 21-year-old Malik Jackson. Now Jackson’s family members is fighting to tell their story. -
Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey says now is the time for the city commission to get involved with the Community Remembrance Project. The project would bring a lynching memorial to Tallahassee. -
DeSantis says upcoming budget cuts could look like the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones. He acknowledges a spike in new infections, but says shutting down economy again isn't an option. -
State Attorney Jack Campbell isn’t pressing charges against the driver of a truck who accelerated into a crowd of protesters on May 30. -
Florida lawmakers are hoping state revenues rebound in order to avoid big cuts to the budget for the upcoming fiscal year. -
Former Florida Senate President Gwen Margolis has died. She was 85. -
Leon Schools To Purchase Tablets For All Students, Considers Extending Online Learning For Some FamiThe Leon County School district is trying to determine how many families will be willing to send their kids to school in the fall. It's buying 33,000 tablets so each student can have one. -
Leon County is extending a curfew that had expired Monday morning. The move comes at the request of local agencies. Large groups in Tallahassee and around the country are protesting the killings of black people at the hands of law enforcement.
