The Florida Roundup

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Each week, The Florida Roundup brings us up to speed on all things Florida- be it politics, the environment, the economy, culture and more. Join host Tom Hudson for lively discussion with newsmakers, journalists and you! Email the program radio@TheFloridaRoundup.org

Episode Date
Florida’s infant mortality crisis, new FAFSA issues and FAMU’s failed donation
May 17, 2024
School districts plan closures, impact of state immigration laws and Florida’s Wildlife Corridor
May 10, 2024
Florida’s 6-week ban, campus protests, public funds for sports stadiums, and environmental news
May 08, 2024
Florida sees rise in antisemitism, historical markers and fact-checking Biden’s Tampa speech 
Apr 26, 2024
Why some retired Floridians return to work, remembering Bob Graham and environmental news
Apr 19, 2024
The politics of language, new limits on 'forever chemicals' and final Delta IV launch
Apr 12, 2024
Florida Supreme Court allows recreational marijuana, abortion on November ballot
Apr 05, 2024
Coral reefs in the warming Atlantic, Disney settles Florida lawsuit and weekly briefing
Mar 29, 2024
Florida’s growing property insurance crisis, changes to real estate commissions, weekly news brief
Mar 22, 2024
Faith and politics, settlement over parental rights law, Black student-athletes urged to avoid Florida and environmental news
Mar 15, 2024
2024 legislative session ends, healthcare cyber attack, Florida takeaways from Biden’s SOTU and more
Mar 08, 2024
Transportation planning, measles, and a new way to remove school books
Mar 01, 2024
Local heat ordinances, the 2024 hurricane season, and fact-checking claims from session
Feb 23, 2024
New Florida law threatens labor unions, and six years since Parkland 
Feb 16, 2024
A social media ban for minors, Florida sends more troops to Texas, State Supreme Court tackles abortion ballot measure
Feb 09, 2024
Changes to child labor laws, Woodward and Bernstein reflect on Watergate, homelessness in Florida
Feb 02, 2024
Coastal migration, DeSantis returns to Florida full-time and a legislative briefing
Jan 26, 2024
Florida's kratom industry, DeSantis a distant second in Iowa caucus and federal lawsuits could upend the real estate industry 
Jan 19, 2024
Fact-checking DeSantis’ State of the State, Canadian drug imports, condo reform and Florida GOP’s new leadership
Jan 12, 2024
Partisan school board elections, the push for abortion and marijuana on the ballot and weekly news roundup
Jan 08, 2024
2023: Florida’s year in review
Dec 29, 2023
Special edition of The Florida Roundup: Growing Up With Guns & Bright Lit Place
Dec 22, 2023
Senate's plan to expand health care access, free speech on campuses and Florida braces for stormy weather
Dec 15, 2023
Florida's insurance market, controversies for both political parties and environmental news 
Dec 11, 2023
DeSantis-Newsom Debate; Education News
Dec 05, 2023
Waiting for America
Nov 24, 2023
Sports betting; Medicaid unwinding; Florida’s wildlife 
Nov 17, 2023
Florida politics and its national influence; Special session recap 
Nov 10, 2023
Homeowners insurance; Dozens of Disney employees quit; Education and immigration in Florida
Nov 03, 2023
Florida's Supreme Court considers abortion ban; Special session will address Iran; Flood mitigation in coastal communities   
Oct 27, 2023
U.S. Humanitarian Parole Program; Florida’s Israel flights; School districts navigate book reviews
Oct 20, 2023
COVID data lawsuit, voting in 2024 and it's been five years since Hurricane Michael
Oct 14, 2023
Book removals; Speaker of the House ousted; Florida wildlife stories
Oct 06, 2023
One year after Hurricane Ian; State minimum wage to increase; Fact-checking Florida claims from GOP Debate 
Sep 29, 2023
Childcare and Florida’s economy; government shutdown; sports stories
Sep 22, 2023
Medicare drug pricing; Educators navigate new state rules 
Sep 15, 2023
The struggle to make ends meet; union and state government jobs; jail troubles across Florida
Sep 08, 2023
Idalia recovery efforts underway in Florida's Big Bend
Sep 01, 2023
Changes to higher education; Florida's housing market; controversial Flagler school assembly
Aug 28, 2023
The suspension of Florida’s affordable housing director; the evolution of high speed trains
Aug 18, 2023
DeSantis removes another state attorney; Immigration Divide, WMFE’s new multimedia series 
Aug 11, 2023
Florida’s worsening teacher shortage; PragerU for K-12 schools; vouchers for all
Aug 04, 2023
Black history standards; beach access; housing kids in nursing homes 
Jul 28, 2023
Caring for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia; Autism-Friendly Cities 
Jul 21, 2023
Inflation remains high in Florida; record warm ocean threatens coral reefs
Jul 14, 2023
Climate change and extreme heat; Unguarded, an investigation
Jul 07, 2023
New Florida laws on July 1; extreme heat and mosquito-borne illnesses 
Jun 30, 2023
Medicaid in Florida; support for gender-affirming care; Florida’s wildlife corridors
Jun 23, 2023
Street scenes during Trump’s arraignment; push for abortion access; sea turtle threats
Jun 16, 2023
Migrant flights; insurers leaving Florida
Jun 09, 2023
Ban on gender-affirming care; Florida’s culture wars 
Jun 02, 2023
DeSantis presidential campaign; NAACP travel advisory; Florida’s new immigration law
May 26, 2023
Jacksonville's first female mayor; Florida's response to the end of Title 42; Florida's amazing sports teams
May 19, 2023
Foreign-owned property; threatened historic buildings; digital bill of rights
May 05, 2023
Doctors push back on immigration bill; freedom vs. authoritarianism; combating hate speech
Apr 28, 2023
Florida’s tug of war with Disney; ban on gender identity instruction; major reforms to higher education 
Apr 21, 2023
Legislative measures target drag shows, renter protections and THC
Apr 14, 2023
Florida Dems Chair Nikki Fried; Reshaping K-12 schools; Florida's troubled insurance market 
Apr 07, 2023
Florida lawmakers look to ease gun regulations while restricting abortion rights
Mar 31, 2023
Restricting ‘period talk’ in schools; new trend in foreclosures; what to know about Candida auris
Mar 24, 2023
Free speech in Florida 
Mar 17, 2023
Legislators consider 6-week abortion ban; both parties have new leaders
Mar 10, 2023
Can the Democratic Party regain strength in Florida?
Mar 03, 2023
Students walk out over diversity and inclusion; also, Florida executes a killer
Feb 24, 2023
Black leaders rally in Tally; remaking New College; what is ESG and why does the governor want to ban it?
Feb 17, 2023
FHSAA drops menstrual question; Legislature returns to Tallahassee
Feb 14, 2023
Concealed carry: diversity, equity and inclusion
Feb 03, 2023
DeSantis’ ‘war on woke’ faces pushback; teachers cover classroom libraries fearing felony charges
Jan 27, 2023
Gov. DeSantis looks to ban COVID-19 mandates; What’s Florida doing to protect natural resources?
Jan 20, 2023
Jair Bolsonaro; New College of Florida; Democratic strategy
Jan 13, 2023
Florida: ‘Where woke goes to die’; transgender bathroom ruling; remembering Rosewood
Jan 06, 2023
The new year in Florida: abortion rights, vaccination hesitancy and 'parental rights' in education
Dec 29, 2022
Hurricanes, education segregation, health care barriers: This was Florida in 2022
Dec 23, 2022
Florida aims to fix troubled insurance industry; Gov. DeSantis calls for COVID vaccine investigation
Dec 16, 2022
‘Tripledemic’; Fla. roads a ‘danger zone'; Storms uncover history buried in sand
Dec 09, 2022
Lawmakers tackle property insurance; DeSantis targets Florida prosecutor; the ‘cone of uncertainty
Dec 02, 2022
Ian still haunts Southwest Florida, the future for sea turtles, and America's detention system
Nov 25, 2022
Gender-affirming care ban; 2nd term for Florida's top doctor; school boards trending red; Artemis 1
Nov 18, 2022
Republicans dominate Florida midterms; Trump vs. DeSantis; Gen Z goes to Congress
Nov 11, 2022
Voter intimidation; the GOP advantage; judges on the ballot
Nov 04, 2022
A heated governor debate; school book challenges; Falcon Heavy rocket
Oct 28, 2022
Voter fraud arrests; Senate and governor races; Ian's citrus damage
Oct 21, 2022
A life sentence for the Parkland shooter; protests over Sasse appointment at UF; handicapping the Rubio/Demings contest; help after Ian
Oct 14, 2022
Ian recovery efforts, a mounting death toll and ongoing flooding. Plus: How to build a more resilien
Oct 07, 2022
Ian roars through Fla., devastating the southwest and flooding other parts of the state
Sep 30, 2022
Legal, political firestorm ignites as Fla. again lures migrants in Texas onto planes
Sep 23, 2022
Gov. DeSantis sends migrants to Massachusetts; Hate in the Sunshine State; sea turtles' plight
Sep 16, 2022
Abortion access; Florida’s next legislative session; LGBTQ+ policies
Sep 09, 2022
Voter fraud crackdown; congressional redistricting; Charlie Crist leaves office; Artemis 1 launch
Sep 02, 2022
Charlie Crist opposes Gov. Ron DeSantis; Abortion in Florida; New voting rules
Aug 26, 2022
Lawsuits challenging HB 7; new polling for statewide elections; federal plan to save key deer
Aug 19, 2022
Shining a light on how FPL operated behind the scenes, hoping to dim opponents
Jul 29, 2022
School boards have become the new partisan battleground in Florida
Jul 22, 2022
Extremist groups, Florida and the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol
Jul 15, 2022
The school year is coming with a shortage of teachers and new rules on what and how they may teach
Jul 08, 2022
Abortion in Florida — the fight over the state’s new 15-week abortion law and a constitutional privacy protection
Jul 01, 2022
After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Florida's focus shifts to state's new 15-week abortion ban
Jun 27, 2022
Florida's political pandemic continues, with availability of COVID shots for young kids at issue
Jun 17, 2022
The pendulum of public health power, fewer kids getting regular vaccinations and the fight against opioids across the state
Jun 10, 2022