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Judges will allow an investor lawsuit rooted in the actions of JEA and Florida Power & Light Co. to move forward.

A community rift develops over city investment dollars. We talk to both sides.

It’s the week’s biggest headlines, from a push to unmask ICE to the attorney general's MLK Day rollback of “race-based” laws.

From contentious City Council relations to the early explorations of election season, the mayor discusses the latest city headlines, and answers listener calls and questions.

State health officials move to roll back required school vaccinations for chickenpox and three other diseases.

On tonight’s program: What’s the connection between free speech and violence? There’s some new research on that subject and the results are a bit disturbing; Is Florida’s electorate swinging back in a Democratic direction? The state’s Republican Party leader thinks not; Certified Public Accountants may seem an unassuming lot. But it seems they have some critical superpowers; And it’s been said you can recycle just about anything nowadays. And it seems that includes already used water in Central Florida.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with Jacksonville Today education reporter Megan Mallicoat about a lawsuit against Duval Schools over teachers’ right to free speech (00:00). Then, we were joined by Allison Matulli, lawyer, children’s author and educator, for a conversation about free speech and consequences (07:44). Plus, we spoke with NBC 6 investigative reporter Tony Pipitone about what newly released I.C.E. data tells us about who has been detained at “Alligator Alcatraz” (21:16). And PolitiFact’s Samantha Putterman helped us check some claims from President Trump about affordability (32:48). Later, we checked in with stories from across the state (37:30), including a state-funded pilot facility to treat reclaimed water, or wastewater, for drinking (40:32).

It’s the week’s biggest headlines, from jail locus promises to teachers suing the school district after being removed for social media comments.

State Rep. Kim Kendall hopes to prevent another Guana debacle by creating rules around environmental land swaps.

A new documentary explores how author and activist Marjory Stoneman Douglas transformed how we think about the Everglades.