Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia this week has continued to message in favor of eliminating property taxes. WFSU’s Tristan Wood reports Ingoglia did not mention all pieces of how Florida’s property tax structure works.
Affordable housing is one of the preeminent issues in Florida. WGCU’s Bryant Monteilh ("mahn-TAY") highlights a project in Naples that aims to build more cost-conscious housing.
Florida’s election supervisors are warning that a third-party mailing now going out to some voters in the state is not an officially sanctioned communication.
Two Democrats flipped legislative seats from red to blue in Tuesday's special elections. Emily Gregory won the Florida House District that a Republican won by 19 points just two years ago. Her district contains President Donald Trump's Mar a Lago. And Brian Nathan flipped a Tampa Senate seat, pending a potential recount.
WUSF's Douglas Soule talks with UCF political science professor Aubrey Jewett about the results.
Floridians are reacting to reports of a leaked group chat involving members of Florida International University’s Turning Point USA chapter and GOP leaders.
The chat contained racist, antisemitic, misogynist, and homophobic messages. WLRN’s Tim Padgett spoke with Brian Siegal (SEE-guhl), director of the American Jewish Committee… and Daniella Pierre, president of the Miami-Dade N-double-A-C-P. They explore how something like this could surface in a region that often prides itself on diversity.
As Florida school districts predict continued dwindling enrollment, the steady decline in birth rates will contribute to the dramatic year-to-year student AND budget loss. WLRN’s Natalie La Roche Pietri [luh ROASH pee-EH-tree] reports.
Florida U.S. Senator Ashley Moody has introduced a bill that would permit the revocation of citizenship from those who used fraud to achieve that status.
Much of Florida was once acres of swamp, filled out along the coastline by lush mangrove forests. However, since the 1940’s, it’s estimated The Sunshine State has lost 84% of those important coastal barriers. WGCU’s Samuel Brucker hit the waters and learned about the role these mangroves play during natural disasters and the efforts being made to restore them.