Lynn Hatter
Lynn Hatter is a Florida A&M University graduate with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Lynn has served as reporter/producer for WFSU since 2007 with education and health care issues as her key coverage areas. She is an award-winning member of the Capital Press Corps and has participated in the NPR Kaiser Health News Reporting Partnership and NPR Education Initiative. When she’s not working, Lynn spends her time watching sci-fi and action movies, writing her own books, going on long walks through the woods, traveling and exploring antique stores. Follow Lynn Hatter on Twitter: @HatterLynn.
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Florida has banned and criminalize the production and sale of cell-cultivated meat — meat that's been grown from animal cells in a production facility — across the state.
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A planned breeding facility in south Georgia would house tens of thousands of monkeys for research. It's now getting pushback from residents and animal rights activists.
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He's ended his bid for president and he still has three years left in his term as governor.
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Floridians wonder if Ron DeSantis will continue to be the culture warrior of his presidential campaign or return to the more conciliatory attitude he showed earlier in his governorship.
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President Joe Biden’s administration is trying to add pressure to the Republican-led states that have refused funding for a summer meal program for kids. Among those states, is Florida.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' runner-up status to Donald Trump in the Iowa caucuses keeps his presidential bid alive.
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A major proposal slashing rules on everything from how teachers are certified, hired and paid, to rolling back some of the state’s standardized testing system, has cleared a major hurdle, but the House and Senate differ on how far they should go.
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For more than two decades, Florida lawmakers have been ratcheting up requirements on the state’s public schools. The original effort, led by former Gov. Jeb Bush, led to the widespread expansion of standardized testing and the introduction of school grades with penalties attached. Now lawmakers are trying to roll back some of those rules.
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Florida State University has filed a lawsuit in an effort to end its 30-year relationship with the Atlantic Coast Conference in its hopes of joining another conference.
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House Speaker Paul Renner and Senate President Kathleen Passidomo are in their final year of leadership and, at the top of their agendas are expanding healthcare access and cracking down on social media.
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Charlie Adelson is now facing his sentencing trial after a jury found him guilty of three felonies, including first degree murder, for the 2014 slaying of Florida State University Law Professor Dan Markel.
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A Florida-based U.S. District judge has refused to put on hold a new law that removes the ability of some union members to automatically deduct their dues from their government paychecks. The case itself continues in the courts.