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Each week Melissa Ross of WJCT and Tom Hudson of WLRN in Miami, along with a panel of journalists from around the state, discuss the week in Florida news in The Florida Roundup Statewide edition.
• This week on The Florida Roundup, we discussed Governor Ron DeSantis’ first few days in office – and what lies ahead – with Jim Saunders, Executive Editor for News Service of Florida and Ana Ceballos, who covers state government and politics for the USA TODAY NETWORK.
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• This week on The Florida Roundup, we discussed some of the state’s biggest political stories to watch in the year ahead with A.G. Gancarski, a writer for Florida Politics and Adam Smith, the political editor for the Tampa Bay Times. We also looked at a new state report that says the number of sexual offenders and predators living in Florida has risen by more than 50 percent in the last 13 years. WMFE Orlando reporter Danielle Prieur joined us with a look at the numbers.
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• This week on the Florida Roundup, we looked back at some of the biggest statewide stories of 2018, such as the deadly school shooting in Parkland, which led to a landmark gun and school safety law; the election, which resulted in several mandated recounts; the blue-green algae and red tide that appeared in bodies of water around the state; and Hurricane Michael, which slammed into the Panhandle.
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• Education is an enormous piece of the state budget. Hundreds of thousands of people work in the industry, and millions of Florida families send their kids to public schools each day. The governor-elect pledged to spend 80 percent of the education budget inside the classroom, but what that means is not clear.
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• Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment restoring the voting rights of most felons, but with just weeks before it goes into effect, there’s no clarity on how it will be implemented. So happens next? That was the focus of this week’s Florida Roundup.
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• Soon you may hear the sound of seismic tests up and down Florida’s Atlantic Coast. The Trump Administration has okayed the search for oil and natural gas from the Space Coast north. On this week’s Florida Roundup we looked at the opportunities that come with the tests and risks to life under the sea.
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• This week on The Florida Roundup we dedicated the full hour to looking at the risks from climate change and impacts the Sunshine State faces.
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• This week on The Florida Roundup we present an encore presentation of highlights from past programs. Our topics: The state Supreme Court on Facebook, symbols of the Confederacy in Florida, and a conversation with Dan Rather on the search for civility.
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• Recounts are looming and expected to be ordered Saturday afternoon in at least three statewide races.
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• On Friday’s Florida Roundup we looked at how voting is going with just days left before the midterm elections, how one county is a microcosm of Florida politics and how Amendment 4 could drive voter turnout.
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