Regan McCarthy
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Regan McCarthy is the Assignment Editor and Senior News Producer for WFSU News/ Florida Public Radio. Before coming to Tallahassee, Regan graduated with honors from Indiana University’s Ernie Pyle School of Journalism. She worked for several years for NPR member station WFIU in Bloomington, Ind., where she covered local and state government and produced feature and community stories. She has also worked for the London Business Matters Magazine and the Rochester Sentinel, a daily local newspaper. She is the recipient of six professional broadcast awards including first-place Best Radio Feature from the Indiana chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. When she isn’t tracking leading newsmakers she spends her time knitting, reading, strolling through the woods and brunching at new restaurants. Follow Regan McCarthy onTwitter: @Regan_McCarthy
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After Republicans won a super majority in the Florida legislature, some conservative groups hoped that might open the door to passing further restrictions on abortion. But as the state’s new leaders met for a recent organizational session, abortion legislation was not named among their top priorities.
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A bill that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks passed its final House committee Thursday with no questions and no debate. Democrats on the committee chose to give up their speaking time to give more time to members of the public and when asked by the chair, Republican members of the committee agreed to follow suit.
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"School isn’t really known for its freedoms," Holmes said.
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As of Monday afternoon, about 70 patients were receiving coronavirus care at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. That’s double the number of patients the hospital’s COVID wing was designed to handle.
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Local doctors are urging more people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
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Friends, family and elected officials celebrated the life of former Florida A&M University president Frederick Humphries over the weekend. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris wrote letters recognizing Humphries’ leadership in education.
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Every decade or two, the water in Tallahassee’s Lake Jackson drains out of the lake through a sinkhole into the Floridan aquifer below, leaving a mostly dry lakebed behind. The latest dry down started just a few weeks ago. Some worry it’s a sad marker of the changing climate, but scientists say its actually a sign of a healthy lake.
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Florida’s special on gambling is moving quickly. The Senate voted Tuesday to approve a compact agreement with the Seminole Indian Tribe. Meanwhile, the House is expected to vote on the issue today.
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A measure that would create a public records exemption for university presidential candidates failed in the Florida Senate Tuesday. Since the measure would have changed the state’s public record laws, it needed a two-thirds majority vote to pass.
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A raft of bills aimed at addressing illiteracy concerns among students has passed in the Florida House.