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	Podcast:		Capital Report
	Episode:		Capital Report: 04-01-2019
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:28:58
	Publish Date:		2019-04-01 17:10:10
	Description:		For Bay County in Northwest Florida, the week got off to not-such-a-great start over the weekend. As Lynn Hatter reports, a wildfire, accelerated by thousands of tons of trees downed by Hurricane Michael back in October, scorched more than six-hundred acres. And far worse may be on the way. Governor Ron DeSantis is tapping a doctor from the University of Florida to lead the state Department of Health. Shawn Mulcahy reports DeSantis is looking to continue the fight against opioid addiction. In 2017 the legislature decided to give greater incentives to charter schools to provide options for students in low-performing traditional schools. Today an attempt to expand where those “Schools of Hope” could open up was approved in the House. Blaise Gainey reports. A year out from the 2020 U.S. Census, some Florida Democratic lawmakers are hoping to see changes to the form. Ryan Dailey reports those lawmakers are also calling for a question concerning citizenship be scrubbed from the census form.
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