Taxes, school start times & the state bird: Florida's legislative session hits the halfway mark
We’re halfway through the annual sixty day legislative session, where Florida lawmakers gather in Tallahassee to hash out the laws that affect everything from the taxes you pay to how early your kids have to get up to make it to school in the morning.
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Show Notes
At the start of the session, you heard from WUSF’s ‘Your Florida’ team. Reporters Meghan Bowman and Douglas Soule are keeping tabs on the legislature up in Tallahassee and talking with you and your neighbors across Tampa Bay about issues that you think are important.
On this episode you'll hear from Douglas and Meghan about how the session is going.
Lawmakers are debating things like loosening gun legislation and proposed changes to the constitutional amendment process. Meanwhile, a legislators have reversed a law passed a couple years ago that would have mandated later start times for middle and high school students.
There’s also tug of war over taxes in the Florida legislature. Lawmakers and the governor want to cut taxes in this already low-tax state. But they disagree over what taxes to cut.
And you'll hear the latest on whether Florida will get a new state bird.