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D Day arrives for government employees facing President Trump’s buyout deadline. We ask an employment lawyer what workers need to know.

With rampant code violations and mounting city fines, we ask Arlington City Council member Ken Amaro what’s next for the fading mall.

From a burgeoning gubernatorial battle to “DOGE, Florida style,” we get perspective on the latest state and local political headlines.

Who are these people and why are they saying these things? In advance of next week’s start of the Florida lawmaking session, we’ll help you figure out what’s going on; Whatever lawmakers do, the governor usually has the last word. Sometimes well in advance; As a citizen, how do you let lawmakers know what you want? We’ll tell you how to go about that; You’ll get a quick primer on how the committee process works; Florida dreamers could find an affordable path to higher education blocked as a result of one bill already filed in the legislature; And we remember Geraldine Thompson, the Orlando lawmaker for whom the preservation of history was a sacred duty.

This week on The Florida Roundup, a previously unpublished study from 2022 found affiliates of Florida insurance companies paid out $680 million to investors between 2017 and 2019 while claiming to be running out of money and filing for big rate increases for policyholders. We spoke with Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times’ investigative reporter Lawrence Mower, who brought the study to light (00:08). Plus, we hear about the growing debate over whether to add fluoride to public water supplies with Melbourne Mayor Paul Alfrey (20:45) and later Dr. Johnny Johnson, a former pediatric dentist and president of the American Fluoridation Society (33:45). And we also bring you the news of the week from Florida’s own DOGE efforts (39:40) and the start of turtle nesting season (47:24).

Our media panel unpacks the week’s headlines, from a wrongful death lawsuit in a high-profile murder case to protests over a new jail.

From broadened state book bans to investment in conspiracy science, our media panel unpacks the biggest headlines of the week.

On tonight’s program: A slew of anti-DEI bills marches through the Florida legislative process as opponents rail, but have no power to Derail; More protections against social media could be on the way for Florida kids; As some lawmakers urge tighter regulation of insurance companies, the industry pushes back, saying that that hostility is misplaced; Federal and state orders for local law officers to go into the immigration enforcement businesses aren’t universally applauded; And We get Florida reaction on President Trump’s dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education.

On tonight’s program: Senate President Ben Albriton’s signature “Rural Renaissance” legislation is passed and on its way to the House; An old law that compensates wrongfully imprisoned convicts may be revived this year; Once again, the Florida House wants to lower the age to buy long guns in Florida from 21 to 18 and once again the Senate has no interest in doing that; And parents would bear more of the responsibility for their children’s truancy under a measure now moving in Tallahassee.

A state bill would make it easier to file defamation lawsuits against news outlets.