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Air time: Friday’s at 12 p.m.
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 we learned not one but two Florida counties had their voting databases hacked, but we didn’t learn which two. Also, Alabama approved the nation’s most restrictive abortion law. What could it mean for abortion restriction efforts in Florida?
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• This week, we discussed President Trump’s visit to the Panhandle and we took a closer look at the security of voters’ ballots as well as other election-related issues in the Sunshine State.
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• We took a closer look at the final moves of the Florida Legislature – particularly those surrounding school vouchers and the implementation of Amendment Four.
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• State lawmakers are poised to expand a school security program allowing teachers to carry guns in the classroom. However, some school districts are lobbying against it.
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• On Friday’s Florida Roundup, we devoted the full hour to the debate over immigration and sanctuary cities in the Sunshine State.
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• On Friday’s Florida Roundup, we took a closer look at the debate over drilling for oil in Florida’s waters with Zack Colman, Climate & Energy Reporter, Politico and David R. Mica, Executive Director, The Florida Petroleum Council.
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• On this week’s Florida Roundup, we took a closer look at the rising costs of prescription drugs in the Sunshine State – and what state leaders are trying to do about it.
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• On Friday’s Florida Roundup we took a closer look at how Florida can better help students with mental health issues. We also looked at the debate surrounding E-Verify and sanctuary cities in the Sunshine State.
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• Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, who narrowly lost his bid in the gubernatorial race last year, has launched a push to register 1 million Florida residents to vote before the 2020 presidential election. And, a bill state lawmakers are considering would make it tougher to get local tax increases approved.
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• Federal prosecutors say a Florida man helped rich and famous parents get their kids into colleges with bribes and fake test scores. We took a closer look at the college admissions scandal with John Delaney, Former Jacksonville Mayor and President Emeritus of the University of North Florida; and Colleen Wright, Education Reporter for the Miami Herald.
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