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Capital Report: November 15, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped four Florida Republicans to high-level roles in his administration. Tristan Wood reports none of them have gotten as much national
attention as his decision to select now-former Panhandle Republican Congressman

Even immigrants with lawful status are bracing for President-elect Donald Trump's promise of mass deportations. WLRN’s Tim Padgett reports.

Republicans around the nation and especially in Florida toppled Democrats in the November elections. President-elect Donald Trump made massive gains in the Sunshine State. Gov. Ron DeSantis helped defeat two controversial ballot proposals,
and the GOP held onto supermajorities in the Florida House and Senate. On the Deeper Dive with Dara Kam podcast, University of Florida political science professor Daniel Smith talks about voter turnout, the ballot initiative process, and the state’s significant shift to the right.

An expert in consumer and elder law from California has been visiting university law schools – including some in Florida – to promote more awareness of the need to increase protections for senior citizens against scams.

The United Nations 2024 global climate conference runs through November 22nd. Timed to coincide with that, Florida Gulf Coast University is presenting “Two Weeks of Climate Change.” It's a series of events that explore local and global challenges, and solutions for our changing climate. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry talked with FGCU ecology professor, Dr. Win Everham, about the challenges of getting people to take Climate Change seriously.

Florida has 11 children’s services councils, with more counties interested as funding shortages for such services grow. These groups are taxpayer funded entities that voters approve to provide more services to children -- where there’s a gap in that county. As Margie Menzel reports, some Florida CSCs have been around for decades while others are newer, complete with growing pains.