On tonight’s program: Lawmakers remain gone from Tallahassee as festering resentments between some lawmakers and the governor simmer; A new president for Florida A&M University sparks controversy over transparency; Florida’s annual hurricane conference takes a hit in the wake of federal funding and personnel cutbacks; Meanwhile, should those under increasing risk from hurricanes be forced to relocate?; And what does it mean for those Florida college students who suddenly find themselves having to pay out-of-state tuition rates?

On tonight's program: The Florida Legislature was all set to come back to Tallahassee next week and work on the budget. Then everything went “BOOM!”; Some bills affecting the welfare of young people actually made it through this year’s Florida Legislative Session; After a strict security check, we’ll enter into a part of Florida that is not United States territory. It’s also a place where the Trump administration’s international tariffs do NOT apply; Federal cuts to arts funding will hit hundreds of organizations in Florida alone; We’ll take a look at one such entity in South Florida; A proposal in the U.S. Senate could help Florida’s troubled citrus industry; And a famous and much-loved PBS personality talks about how her dance-loving showcame to be.

On tonight’s program: So Florida lawmakers decided to go home for at least a week. We’ll delve into what happened; More open government exemptions came out of this year’s lawmaking session; We hear from the former Florida Democratic Party rising star who suddenly left the party to blaze his own trail; When it comes to Florida’s medical malpractice laws, some are arguing that old laws aren’t necessarily good laws; Despite big cuts in federal help, Florida’s regional food banks could be making that up – and then some – with extra help from state government; And once again, Florida finds itself on the cutting edge of culture….more and more backyards are foregoing lawns and ornamental flowers for tropical fruit trees.

On tonight’s program: With plenty of work still to do on the state budget, lawmakers have decided to leave Tallahassee and take next week off with no announcement as to when they might be back; Governor Ron DeSantis has announced more than one-thousand undocumented immigrants were arrested in Florida over the past month; Florida lawmakers have passed a bill banning commercial development in state parks and sent it to the governor; And more legislation has passed, which would make it easier to convert traditional public schools to charter schools in Florida.

On tonight's program: The Florida Senate has unanimously passed a bill that eases the financial strain on condominium owners; The Florida House and Senate are going back and forth on a policy to place more restrictions and protections on the state’s ballot initiative process; Attorneys for one of the men killed April 17th during the shooting at Florida State University are demanding more information about the incident and the suspect; And a bill to ban adding fluoride to public water systems is heading to Governor Ron DeSantis' desk.

On tonight’s program: The Florida House is announcing plans to look into several proposals this summer that would reduce and reform property tax; A bill would bar local governments from adding fluoride to their public drinking water. Now it’s heading to the governor’s desk; And Head Start, a childcare and early childhood education program, could be nixed under a federal budget proposal put forth by the Trump administration. Experts worry the plan could be bad news for thousands of Florida kids.

Powerful storms and tornadoes tore through Midwestern and Southern states overnight Friday, leaving carnage and flattened buildings in their wake.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Robert Guenther of the Florida Tomato Exchange about new efforts to limit the import of Mexican tomatoes to the U.S.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Twin Cities Pride Executive Director Andi Otto about partnering with corporations amid efforts to roll back diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

President Trump and his allies have long made false claims of widespread noncitizen voting. Now, as the GOP pursues new restrictions, experts worry isolated arrests will be used to push the new rules.

Budget reconciliation may not be catchy, but it's been a vital tool for many presidents, including Ronald Reagan, whose first federal budget was a watershed in the history of federal fiscal policy.

The storms were part of a severe weather system Friday that caused damage in Missouri, left hundreds of thousands without power in the Great Lakes region and brought a heat wave to Texas.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Amy Howe, a reporter with SCOTUSblog, about the issue of birthright citizenship and the use of universal injunctions before the Supreme Court.

The U.S. Supreme Court seemed at least partially divided as the justices heard arguments debating how the lower courts should handle President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship.

Supreme Court justices appear divided in birthright citizenship arguments, President Trump returns to Washington after Middle East trip, a look at week 1 of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' federal criminal trial.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow about his new book, "Mark Twain," in which he illuminates the complex life of the writer.

Broadway composer Charles Strouse, creator of the hit musicals Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Annie, died at his home in New York City on Thursday.

Regional banks in the Federal Reserve system study their local economies and publish those stories in a report called the Beige Book. The Kansas City Fed's has fallout from Trump administration cuts.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with filmmaker Ava DuVernay about her lifetime achievement award speech at the Smithsonian American History Museum.

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators agree to a prisoner swap but made no major breakthroughs in Istanbul ceasefire talks.

With massive budget cuts looming and threats from the Trump administration, several states are considering whether to cut Medicaid benefits for migrants in the country without legal status.

Broadway composer Charles Strouse, creator of the hit musicals "Bye Bye Birdie," "Applause" and "Annie," died at his home in New York City on Thursday.

President Trump just ended a four-day, whirlwind trip to the Middle East. He was greeted like royalty as the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates set out to impress him.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Matthew Petrohay about his team's undergraduate project at Purdue University. They built a robot that set a new world record for shortest time to solve a Rubik's cube.

The good news? The Commerce Department says personal income and consumption were up in June. Bad news is savings didn’t rise with ’em. In fact, high interest rates and high prices have battered the personal savings rate down to an almost two-year low, leaving many households without a financial security cushion. In this episode, we’ll also get into why national manufacturing growth depends on where you are, and Boston is incentivizing office to residential real estate conversions.

New gross domestic product data just came in — GDP grew a healthy 2.8% annually in the second quarter, better than predicted. Meanwhile, consumers are focused on buying essentials and credit card debt is growing. In this episode, we’ll examine why GDP is strong while many everyday people feel squeezed for cash. Plus: New real estate broker fee rules take effect next month and the number of Americans who predict they’ll retire young is up.

The last time Congress raised the federal minimum wage, it went up 70 cents — from $6.55 to $7.25 an hour. That was in 2009. Today, we’ll get into why there hasn’t been a successful push to boost it since then and who suffers as a result. Plus, officials in China promise major tax reform, apartment vacancies in Sun Belt cities rise and the Federal Reserve keeps an eye on GDP estimates.

“Act your wage,” “coffee badging,” “ghost jobs” — the internet is always vomiting up new workplace phrases. You may even use some of them to describe the bizarre job market of the past few years. So when popular work slang shifts from silly — “lazy girl jobs” — to grim — “quiet cutting” — are there hints about where the labor market is headed? Also in this episode: Tech firms ditch user counts, car sales motor on despite high costs and educators get educated about jobs at the Port of Baltimore.

In the face of major news, some say the bond market can signal what comes next economically. But so far, bond yields don’t seem to be reacting to Biden’s dropping out of the presidential race. In this episode, what the crystal ball of the economy does care about in regard to elections. Plus, business investments outpace GDP gains, Nvidia employees cash in on the chipmaker’s hockey stick-shaped earnings growth and Friday’s CrowdStrike crash reveals a common cybersecurity weakness.