One of the issues with the largest potential to have national implications during this upcoming Florida Legislative session is the conversation around mid-decade redistricting. But as WFSU’s Tristan Wood reports, uncertainty remains about almost every step of the process.
Just under half of Florida’s counties are classified as “rural. ”As such, these area’s sometimes come up short when it comes to obtaining resources from state government. An effort to address that disparity also came up shot in the 2025 lawmaking session. Now, as Gina Jordan tells us, that measure will resurface in the 2026 session.
The national gun-violence prevention organization “Giffords” releases a gun law scorecard each year, rating states on how effective their laws are at reducing gun violence. The organization was founded by former Congresswoman and shooting survivor Gabby Giffords. For 15 years, the group has graded states on a scale from A plus to F. The score is based on data about gun deaths, newly passed laws, and funding for violence-prevention programs. WLRN’s Helen Acevedo (ASS-uh-VAY-doh) spoke with Giffords’ Florida State Director, Samantha Barrios [BAR-ee-ohs], about Florida’s rating THIS year.
Landlords have always been legally required to provide basic comforts and protections for their tenants. But it seems a 2023 law change has downgraded some of those protections, especially when it comes to violent assaults. Tom Flanigan spoke with an attorney who specializes in landlord/tenant cases.
Bills filed by two Democratic lawmakers would require Florida’s law enforcement agencies to alert nearby schools and childcare facilities when the suspect in a killing or violent crime poses an imminent threat. As Central Florida Public Media's Joe Byrnes reports, those emergency alerts would be called YaYa Alerts in honor of 9-year-old T'yonna (tee-ON-uh) Major. She was shot to death in Orlando’s Pine Hills suburb nearly three years ago.
Rising grocery prices and food supply issues are motivating some Floridians to grow their own food. WUSF's Daylina [day-LEE-nuh] Miller takes us to a micro farm in West Pasco County where one farmer is feeding his family - and the community.
It's been 25 years since hanging chads, butterfly ballots and dozens of lawsuits thrust Florida into the international spotlight, with the presidency of the country hanging in the balance. Dara sat down with two key players who were at the epicenter of Florida's Bush v. Gore battle: Craig Waters, who was the Florida Supreme Court's public information officer, and Barry Richard, the lawyer who represented George W. Bush's campaign and managed 47 lawsuits around the state.
That was Craig Waters and Barry Richard, both deeply connected to the Bush v Gore battle in Florida 25 years ago, speaking with Dara Kam from the News Service of Florida. Find more of her work wherever you get your podcasts.