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 on Twitter: @Regan_McCarthy
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"School isn’t really known for its freedoms," Holmes said. -
“With the high percentage of positivity in our community, the fact that’s it’s a more virulent, more likely to make you sicker, and it’s affecting children more, I don’t know how you can make any other decision but to mask in order to keep the kids safer and physically present in school," said Dr. Thomas Truman. -
Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran said the legislation comes with a requirement that student athletes get financial literacy training. And he said it gives young athletes the chance to build entrepreneurial skills. -
The bill would have shielded the identities of anyone applying for a job as a state university or college president. -
Florida’s population growth over the past decade has earned it a new congressional seat. The Census Bureau released statewide population data Monday afternoon. -
Experts say there’s a connection between students reading below grade level in third grade and those same students later dropping out of school. -
House Speaker Chris Sprowls wants to extend Medicaid coverage for mothers after giving birth from the current two months to a year. -
A Senate panel has advanced measures that would create a new gambling commission and would decouple most pari-mutuel gambling. -
A proposal to keep many of the state’s pandemic-era telehealth practices in place is moving forward, but some say a few important provisions aren't including in the legislation. -
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried said legislation that would allow for adult recreational marijuana would help struggling farmers.
