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	Podcast:		Capital Report
	Episode:		Capital Report: 2-19-2020
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:28:57
	Publish Date:		2020-02-18 23:00:00
	Description:		The 11 th Circuit US Court of Appeals for agreed to allow a group of felons to vote despite not having paid their fines and fees. The US Court ruling only applies to that select group of plaintiffs in the Kelvin Jones vs the State case. The case stems from the 2018 constitutional amendment that allowed felons to have their voting rights back and the law the legislature passed enacting it. Blaise Gainey spoke with Florida Conservation Voters Executive Director Aliki (uh-LEE-kee) Moncrief (MON-kreef) about the ruling and also what she says are attempts by the legislature to make sure citizens initiatives like the felon voting one doesn’t make it on a ballot again. Before a practitioner gives someone opioids they must discuss alternatives with them. Now, lawmakers want hospice workers to be exempt from that conversation. A proposal heading to the Senate Floor would do just that. Robbie Gaffney reports. Florida lawmakers are again tinkering with the state’s school grading and testing
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