Robbie Gaffney
Robbie Gaffney is a recent graduate from Florida State University with degrees in Digital Media Production and Creative Writing. Before working at WFSU, they recorded FSU’s basketball and baseball games for Seminole Productions as well as interned for the PBS Station in Largo, Florida. Robbie loves playing video games such as Shadow of the Colossus, Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. Their other hobbies include sleeping and watching anime.
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The proposal recently cleared the Florida House following emotional testimony, but its future is unclear in the Senate.
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Last spring, the coronavirus pandemic forced schools across the state to shut down, and teachers to move their lessons online, which Denise Wilson said was a struggle from the start for her son Brady. He is among the nearly 15% of public school students in Florida who have a disability and receive special education services.
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A Purple Alert would be used for missing adults with certain cognitive or developmental disabilities. A proposal just passed its first House committee stop.
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Florida A&M in Tallahassee will open a COVID-19 vaccine site with the capacity to give up to 200 doses a day to those who are eligible.
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The latest Florida Department of Health numbers shows the percent of Black Floridians vaccinated so far is in the single digits.
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More than 22,000 Florida residents have died as a result of contracting COVID-19. Black people make up nearly 3,800 of those deaths.
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Bill Herrle heads the National Federation of Independent Business in Florida. He says the aid would be welcome.
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody says a company was pocketing money meant to cover medical costs for the couples.
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Disability advocates want poll workers to ask everyone if they wish to use an accessible voting machine. The idea is to decrease stigma around disabilities and make the voting process more inclusive. Traditionally, if a person needed an accessible machine, they would have to ask for it.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging people to get a flu shot. One reason for the push is to reserve medical supplies needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic.