Each Friday, our media roundtable dives into the biggest stories of the week. Among our topics this week:
- Florida sheriffs push back on mass deportation policies, saying there needs to be a path to citizenship for certain undocumented residents.
- School prayer is under the microscope in Duval County as two groups object to the evangelical bent of invocations.
- The “60-day” legislative session ends, momentarily, but work on the budget, taxation and redistricting remains unfinished.
- Racist incidents at two Florida universities put conservative campus groups in the crosshairs.
- Duval County cancels a courthouse sculpture, despite having already spent $300,000 on the nonexistent artwork.
Guests:
- Mike Mendenhall, associate editor and City Hall reporter at Jacksonville Today
- Anthony Austin, reporter and anchor, First Coast News
- Obi Umunna, attorney and political consultant
- A.G. Gancarski, reporter at Florida Politics, columnist for Jacksonville Today
Cemetery tour
Upcoming tours of two local cemeteries bring history to life. For the second year, Old Arlington Inc. hosts its mobile “Spirits, Soldiers, and Settlers” tour. The weekend event benefits the community-based volunteer group and includes reenactors and stops at two cemeteries as part of a guided bus tour of the historic area. Tours leave from Blue Cypress Park Community Center and are offered twice on March 28 — from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3 p.m.
Guests:
- Kathy Walker, chair of the Old Arlington Inc. History & Cemetery Tour
- Lori Newton, director of Artist Connection Theatre