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On tonight's program: Governor DeSantis’s desk piles up with new bills this week; Technically, Florida’s new abortion restriction has exceptions. But the legal language about them is vague; Forecasters are predicting a hurricane season without precedent in recorded history; Florida’s utility companies are preparing for permanently stronger hurricane seasons; A nationally-known climate reporter has written a book on how kids can cope in a world that’s steadily warming; Saying a national human trafficking hotline is reluctant to bring police into cases, Florida sets up its own hotline. The national hotline people are still wondering….why? And another Florida shooting involving a police officer is calling into question the kind of training law enforcers receive when dealing with potential life and death situations.

Our panel of medical experts discusses this month's biggest health care headlines.

Our media roundtable discusses a new Duval Schools leader and lingering concerns about yet another JEA chief’s departure.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with three authors — novelist Lauren Groff (02:00), historian Doris Kearns Goodwin (20:28) and former Florida lawmaker Dick Batchelor (37:18) about free expression, leadership and discoverying civility again.

We talk to the author of a new book profiling 10 Holocaust survivors with connections to Jacksonville, as well as two local descendents of survivors.

TEDxJacksonville focuses on building a better democracy, and Duval County parents fight for community schools.

Our panel of journalists explores the week's top headlines.

On tonight's program: We have reaction to yesterday’s historic guilty verdict for former President Donald Trump; One group says Florida has lots of folks listed twice on its voter rolls. Others say it’s just a ploy to dump properly registered voters; What could be an all-time record hurricane season officially begins tomorrow. How ready are you? How can state and local officials effectively communicate emergency information to those in Florida for whom English is essentially a foreign language; The murkiness and controversy surrounding the largest donation ever to a Historically Black University continues; And with STEM teachers at a premium in Florida, a new effort is underway to funnel students who are proficient in that area directly into the teaching profession.

Dr. Joe Sirven examines the common types of brain cancer, then we discuss the challenges veterans experience after a traumatic brain injury.

The grave of a Civil War veteran gets a new headstone, and the historic Cosmo community gets renewed attention.