Republican lawmakers are pushing ahead with proposed legislation that would create a “Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance” in Florida. Gina Jordan reports two versions of the bill passed House and Senate committees this week along party lines.
While President Trump has been urging states not to regulate artificial intelligence, Florida lawmakers are racing ahead to do just that. Tristan Wood has been following the action.
Millions of Americans may no longer be able to afford health insurance if Congress fails to extend Affordable Care Act Enhanced Premium Tax Credits by January 30th. To find out what comes next for Floridians, WGCU's Jennifer Crawford spoke with Gbenga Ajilore, ("BENG-guh---aa-jih-LOR-ay") Chief Economist for The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Tom Flanigan found a number of religious groups at the Capitol lobbying lawmakers to withdraw the state’s support of federal immigration policy.
Federal lawmakers cut billions from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, last year. The Trump administration also stopped producing an annual hunger survey. Now it will be harder to keep track of those who can't afford groceries. WUSF's Gabriella Paul talked with food policy researcher Elaine Waxman [wax-men] about the fallout of missing data.
That was WUSF's Gabriella Paul speaking with Elaine Waxman [wax-men] of the Urban Institute about the loss of food security data.
Conservation groups notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and others this week of an intent to file a federal lawsuit.
They are trying to protect endangered Florida panthers from a massive new development within the panthers’ occupied breeding habitat in southwest Florida. WGCU’s Mike Braun has more.