The Florida Roundup

This week on The Florida Roundup, we broke down the results from Florida’s primary elections with Politico’s Kimberly Leonard (00:00). Then, we were joined by PolitiFact’s Samantha Putterman for some fact-checking (14:14). Plus, NASA scientist Jeremy Perkins spoke with us about a new space telescope that’s set to launch from Kennedy Space Center at the end of the month (19:48). ...

This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke about the revised ballot language for Florida’s property tax amendment with one of the lawyers representing the group that sued over the original wording (00:00). Then, we spoke about how the property tax measure would impact funding for Florida’s network of children’s trust services (07:32). Plus, we looked at a lawsuit involving free ...

This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with the president of the Florida Sheriffs Association about its official statement on the proposed property tax amendment (00:00). Then, we were joined by former state senator Jeff Brandes to talk about this week’s court ruling ordering a rewrite of the ballot language for the proposed tax cut (11:54). Plus, as the number of child drow...

This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with Lt. Gov. Jay Collins about his run to become Florida’s next governor (00:00). Then, we looked at the lack of competition for school board seats in this election cycle with Trinity Webster-Bass, who covers education for the Florida Trib (20:04). Plus, Samantha Putterman with our partner PolitiFact joins us to check some recent claim...

This week on The Florida Roundup, we looked at the estimated revenue loss for local governments under Florida’s proposed property tax amendment with investigative journalist Jason Garcia (00:00) and Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves (08:04). Then, we spoke with two Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate: Rep. Angie Nixon (19:50) and former. U.S. Lt. Col. Alex Vindman (28:04). Plus,...