A proposal to drastically change property taxes will go before voters this November. WFSU’s Tristan Wood reports the plan reduces taxes for most homeowners, but protects funds that go to schools.
Now that Florida lawmakers have given their okay to a proposed property tax reduction, it’s up to the state’s voters to weigh in. Randy Vuxta with WFSU’s Rural News Service takes us to North Florida, where opinions on the issue are mixed.
Hurricane season is officially here. Forecasters are calling for a slightly less active season this year, but officials say that doesn’t make storm preparation any less important since, as they say, it only takes one storm in your area for disaster to strike. Gina Jordan spoke with Leon County Director of Emergency Management Kevin Peters and Matt Cavelle, Leon’s head of community relations and resilience, about the importance of being prepared.
Immigrant detainees in Florida and across at least 32 other states allege in court documents that the government is failing to provide them with adequate medical care.
WGCU's Marc Garber reports.
Florida led the country in executions last year, putting more people to death than any other state. That’s according to a new report by the global human rights advocacy group, Amnesty International. Craig Trocino is a veteran appellate lawyer and the director of the Miami Law Innocence Clinic. He opposes the death penalty and argues that Florida needs to slow down its unprecedented pace. WLRN’s Sofia Zarran spoke with Trocino to discuss the legal and political shifts that allowed Florida to go from one execution one year to nearly twenty the next.
For young mothers, balancing school and being a new parent can seem like a daunting task. On WGCU's "Southwest Florida In Focus," Culture and Connections Reporter Elizabeth Andarge learned about the Young Parents Education Program that aims to make sure teenage mothers have everything they need to build towards a better future.