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Dr. Joe Sirven and his team of medical experts discuss this month's biggest health care headlines.

The longtime features and film reporter reflects on 34½ years at the Florida Times-Union.

What you need to know about the outbreak, plus new data on sleep deprivation and immune response.

Our media panel breaks down the week’s headlines, from DOGE on our doorstep to Town Hall avoidance syndrome.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we traveled to Gainesville for a special show at our partner station WUFT. First, we spoke with a journalist with the University of Florida student-owned newspaper The Independent Florida Alligator (00:00). Then, we explored the role of the federal government in weather forecasting with Tim Miller, chief meteorologist for the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network (19:21). And later, WUFT reporter Rose Schnabel talked about the joy and jeopardy of Florida’s famed springs (37:15). And musical guest Thomas Allain also joins us for the hour.

On this week’s program, Dr. Joe Sirven highlights health care barriers faced by undocumented immigrants and the urgent need for solutions.

On tonight’s program: The Florida Legislature is moving to make it a lot tougher for citizens to put proposed changes to the state constitution on the ballot. Even though opponents say such proposals are often very popular; Lawmakers struggle to craft a plan that saves the state’s condominium owners in the midst of a multi-faceted crisis; It appears things haven’t been quite as bad for Florida property insurers as first thought; Online scammers consider Florida’s older residents a prime target. But a bill working its way through the state senate could nab more of the bad actors; It seems there’s a good reason the Florida National Guard has been doing double-duty as corrections officers during the past few years; Governor DeSantis has turned thumbs down on a new management plan for a critical marine sanctuary, even though many experts say it’s the best they could come up with; And despite all the focus on private space firms like Elon Musk’s, NASA is still the prime driver of America’s space program.

On tonight’s program: The office of Florida Lieutenant Governor may be replaced by a newly created “commissioner of government efficiency” under a constitutional amendment that lawmakers could place on the 2026 ballot; Victims of dating violence could receive the same protections as victims of domestic violence under a bill now moving through the Florida Legislature; State lawmakers seem poised to repeal the later school start times for high school kids that the legislature passed just 2 years ago; And today was National Guard Appreciation Day at the Capitol and members of the State and National Guard may get more benefits under a bill now receiving significant legislative support.

Road improvements are making Downtown commutes a daily headache with fewer routes in and out of the city.

On Tonight's program: Second Amendment supporters are rooting for a bill now heading through the Florida Legislature that would repeal an existing law that bans the sale of guns and ammo during locally declared emergencies; There are now 5 members on the Florida Public Service Commission. A proposal advancing in Tallahassee would expand that number to 7; And some libel protections for media outlets would vanish under a new defamation bill under consideration.