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With the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines for young kids expected as early as next week, Florida is in the national spotlight. It was the only state not to request the vaccine from the federal government.

Charlie Crist comes to Jacksonville; 'FRONTLINE: Lies, Politics and Democracy'; Dolly Llama; What’s good Wednesday

Local activists join a rally in Tallahassee over the state’s education policies; the murder trial that rocked Jacksonville a century ago; increasing health equity; why some Florida kids could lose Medicaid coverage; the TEACH Conference; and what’s happening around town.

A live report from Kyiv on the Russian invasion of Ukraine; local faith leaders are pushing back against Christian nationalism; a preview of the big showdown between Raines and Ribault at the High School Heritage Classic; and “What’s Good Wednesday.”

On tonight's program: Governor Ron DeSantis held a news conference in Coral Gables today to announce his legislative intentions to increase penalties for retail thieves and porch pirates; A measure up for consideration in the Legislature would ban civilian oversight boards for law enforcement and corrections officers; The Florida Commission on Ethics would see big changes under a bill that’s moving through the Legislature; And the longtime head of the NRA is no longer Wayne LaPierre. Many are crediting the students who survived the Parkland High School massacre for that fact.

From the shadow docket to the expansion of presidential powers, we ask experts in constitutional law to help interpret a consequential Supreme Court term.

On tonight’s program: A mass shooting on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee has left two dead and six hospitalized, including the suspected shooter; A meeting to untangle some of the issues surrounding the Hope Florida Foundation and its alleged diversion of money for political purposes ended in chaos today; If lawsuits to halt the Trump administration from scrapping Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants fail, nearly 400,000 Venezuelan-born Floridians might be subject to deportation; And advocates of term limits for Florida’s county commissioners and school board members have launched a campaign to put those limits into the state constitution.

From MAHA to resilience to affordable healthcare, former House Speaker and Northeast Florida lawmaker Paul Renner offers his vision for governor.

The clinic has applied for a permit to build a five story expansion of its patient tower.