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Floridians have come under public pressure for social media posts about the killing of Charlie Kirk (00:00). Then, we checked in with Samantha Putterman with PolitiFact to talk about the role that the Federal Communications Commission has in governing speech in broadcasts (15:02). And later, we partnered up with our colleagues at KQED in San Francisco to talk about how California and Florida have responded to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics (19:30); NPR immigration correspondent Jasmine Garsd also joined the conversation.

On tonight's program: There are mass outpourings of grief for influencer Charlie Kirk on Florida’s college and university campuses, State education officials tell school districts to send special memos to teachers; While Florida’s current surgeon general is pushing to do away with vaccine mandates for school kids, his predecessor is urging caution; We hear about some plans that could reduce – or even do away with – Florida property taxes; Dave Aronberg helped shut down the state’s pill mills. Now he’s trying to chase the scammers out of the addiction recovery business; And the good news is that Florida’s most iconic oyster beds are reopening. But the bad news is that things are not as they once were.

A local political and legal expert analyzes the Trump administration’s crackdown on the president’s personal enemies and political rivals.

On this week’s program, how a severe yet symptomless spike in blood pressure can turn deadly. Then after losing her husband to ALS, one woman is using open-source AI to study and track the disease.

Mayor Robbi Correa discusses how the small town is managing what locals hope is a downtown renaissance.

Family members and a local historian remember the 33 lives lost when the cargo ship left Jacksonville and sailed into a hurricane.

A new generation of local environmental activists is tackling everything from litter to climate change. We meet three of them.

State laws designed to treat people who are trafficked as victims instead of criminals aren’t working as planned. A new report shows what’s happening instead.

A new regional campaign takes aim at e-bike, scooter and motorized skateboard safety in response to a surge in accidents and head injuries.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we looked at changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act under President Trump’s mega spending bill. First, we checked in with Meghan Bowman, Your Florida state government reporter (00:56) and later with Mary Mayhew, president and CEO of the Florida Hospital Association (09:12). Then, we looked at how Florida rapidly expanded publicly funded school vouchers and how some students have gotten lost in the mix with Natalie La Roche Pietri, education reporter at WLRN (20:32). And later, we spoke with journalist and co-host of the Surviving the Survivor podcast Joel Waldman about the guilty verdict in a murder-for-hire plot against a Florida State University Law professor (32:24). Plus, we dug into our mailbag to share some listener feedback about recent shows (37:36).