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This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke about how congressional redistricting impacts voter representation and bipartisanship with the Center Aisle Coalition (00:00). Then, we spoke about the legality of mid-decade redistricting with PolitiFact’s Samantha Putterman (19:30). Plus, we spoke about the tension between free speech on campus and safety with UF’s Jane Bambauer (26:00). And later, news from the week including an update on the state’s special sessions and budget negotiations (38:44), wildfires (40:20), and a new cursive requirement for Florida students (46:58).

Why activists are targeting everything from snack manufacturers to chemical corporations in an effort to stem titanium mining in the endangered swamp.

Putting out fires, from real-life conflagrations to political ones.

Election season, Hope Florida and the ongoing battle over redistricting.

The writer sometimes known as Jacksonville’s poet laureate is also the demanding editor behind some of the area’s most well-known authors.

State lawmakers still can’t reach a budget deal, and the JEA investigation expands to include communications about a former mayor’s lobbying firm.

As it gets harder for kids to access preventative dental care, experts say emergency rooms have turned into an imperfect emergency catchall.

From the supremacy of podcasting to an entire book devoted to sentence diagramming, the most precise large language model is still human.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we chatted with three authors who have written in or about Florida. First, we spoke with veteran science journalist Stephan Hall about his book “Slither: How Nature’s Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World” (00:45). Then, we had a conversation with Annabelle Tometich, author of “The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony” (19:40). Plus, host of WUSF’s “The Zest” podcast Dalia Colón shared some of her favorite meals from “The Florida Vegetarian Cookbook” (37:22).

Surrounded by superstores, having lost its primary golf anchors, the state of World Golf Village is like nothing its original residents imagined.