Regan McCarthy
Phone: (850) 487-3086 x374
Regan McCarthy is the Assignment Editor and Senior News Producer for WFSU News/ Florida Public Radio. Before coming to Tallahassee, Regan graduated with honors from Indiana University’s Ernie Pyle School of Journalism. She worked for several years for NPR member station WFIU in Bloomington, Ind., where she covered local and state government and produced feature and community stories. She has also worked for the London Business Matters Magazine and the Rochester Sentinel, a daily local newspaper. She is the recipient of six professional broadcast awards including first-place Best Radio Feature from the Indiana chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. When she isn’t tracking leading newsmakers she spends her time knitting, reading, strolling through the woods and brunching at new restaurants. Follow Regan McCarthy onTwitter: @Regan_McCarthy
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A bill that limits pronouns teachers can use is raising concerns for parents of transgender childrenShannon Callahan said the bill will create a traumatic and confusing entry into 5th grade for her transgender son who she said is proud, but private about his gender identity.
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Florida Democrats are gearing up for a fight this session on issues including abortion access, anti-wokeness and gun control.
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Anyone who wants to get vaccinated shouldn’t wait. It takes a couple of weeks for a flu vaccine to become fully effective.
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U.S Amy Air Force Staff Sergeant William Wood was serving as the gunner on a B-24 Liberator in August of 1943 when his plane crashed after being hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire.
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“You know Black voters have been key to elections and upholding democracy and we cannot miss the opportunity for all voices to be heard now more than ever," says Equal Ground's Kristin Fulwylie Thomas.
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In a Thursday court ruling Leon County judge John Cooper said Florida’s new law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy violates the privacy clause in the state constitution.
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Leon County Judge John Cooper told the lawyers in the case he's likely to rule from the bench after hearing closing arguments, but that might not be soon enough to stop the new law from going into effect.
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A new Florida law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks is set to go into effect at the end of this week unless a judge approves an injunction to temporarily put the law on hold.
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Florida State University President Richard McCullough hopes a planned academic health center will help raise the level of medical care in the Tallahassee area. The new center will be part of a partnership between the university and Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare.
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If Roe V. Wade is overturned in an anticipated U.S. Supreme Court ruling some worry Florida lawmakers will return to the state’s Capitol for a special legislative session to pass further abortion restrictions. But Planned Parenthood’s Laura Goodhue thinks that’s unlikely—at least not before the next election.