Sunshine on Issues Opioids and union busting in the Capitol City

Rep. Scott Plakon frustrates Democrats with his plan to update labor regulations. Episode 8 features Rep. Kristin Jacobs, D-Broward, profane rebuke of the bill and Plakon’s response to his critics.

Medical and law experts and civic leaders use war-like metaphors when they talk about an opioid crisis. Tallahassee Democrat reporter Nada Hassanein attended a town hall meeting of drug, law and mental health experts about the opioid crisis in north Florida. She tells what she heard.

This week Sunshine on Issues has a couple of introductions. Former Congressman Steve Southerland stopped at the Capitol to announce a reorganization and new mission for Stand Up for North Florida. And House Democrats picked their leader for the fall campaign and 2019. James Call talks with Miami-Dade Rep. Kionne McGhee