Regan McCarthy
Phone: (850) 487-3086 x374
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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Florida lawmakers met this past weekend to begin ironing out the differences between the House and Senate Budgets. Budget leaders came closer on at least one remaining difference in the healthcare budget. House Speaker Chris Sprowls has thrown his weight behind a move to give new mothers Medicaid coverage for a year after they give birth.
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A group of Florida lawmakers is hoping there’s still time this session to move legislation forward that would expand marijuana use beyond the state’s current medical-only program. They’re also hoping to stop legislation some worry could shrink the current program.
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CPR from a bystander can double or triple a person’s likelihood of survival following a sudden cardiac arrest. But not everyone knows the steps. A measure under consideration this session would make training a requirement for graduation.
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Following its last meeting in 2018, the Constitution Revision Commission, often called the CRC, met criticism when it bundled topics like vaping and oil drilling, or took up subjects lawmakers had long been working to address, like dog racing.
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A measure that would allow people to carry in guns in churches and other religious institutions, even when they’re attached to schools, has passed in the Florida House. Supporters say it’s a property rights issue. But many Democrats are raising concerns about what the measure could mean for guns in classrooms.
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Florida is in the midst of what some call a “maternal mortality crisis” Officials say mothers are dying preventable deaths, often months after childbirth. Florida lawmakers are hoping to fight that by extending the time mothers can receive health coverage through Medicaid from the current 2-months, to a year.
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Lawmakers want to give local governments the ability to regulate tobacco use on city and county owned property like parks and beaches. But some are worried about what those changes could mean for the rights of smokers.
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Florida A&M University head football coach Willie Simmons says his son was the victim of a shooting that took place on Perry Street just after 3:00 a.m. Sunday morning.
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A grand jury has indicted a former Tallahassee corrections worker on charges of sexually abusing inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee.
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When a police dog is injured on the job, Florida lawmakers want to ensure the animal can get care as quickly as possible. Port Orange Republican Senator Tom Wright is sponsoring a measure to help them get medical care more quickly.