As Governor Ron DeSantis celebrates the rejection of Florida’s Amendment 3, marijuana experts are now weighing in on what’s next for the drug. Adrian Andrews has more.
On Election Day, more than 57 percent of Floridians voted in favor of a state constitutional amendment that would protect access to abortion. But the proposal still failed and a law that bans most abortions after six weeks remains in place. Regan McCarthy has this story about why amendments in Florida need a higher threshold… 60 percent approval…to pass.
President-elect Donald Trump dominated in Florida on Election Day. He led by 13 percent over Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. And that’s a big jump compared to 2020 when he held about a 3 percent lead over President Joe Biden. Trump received more votes this cycle from Republicans, but as Tristan Wood reports, another part of the equation is that Democrats hemorrhaged support in places that were previously their strongholds.
Republican state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia [in-GO-lee-ah] of Spring Hill, (a former state GOP Chair) has won re-election. He was first elected to the state House in 2014 and to the Senate in 2022. He’s a close ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis. He also made some accurate predictions: that President-elect Donald Trump would win Florida by 12-to-13 points and the presidency with 291 electoral votes…and that Amendment 3, approving the use of recreational marijuana by adults, and Amendment 4, enshrining abortion rights in Florida’s Constitution, would both fail. Ingoglia spoke with WFSU’s Margie Menzel.
Republican candidates won every major race in Florida on election day. Why did Democrats fare so poorly? WUSF's Steve Newborn talks with retired University of South Florida political scientist Susan MacManus about why the party got trounced at the polls.
A new exhibit explores the multitude of spiritual connections in the Miami area. More on that from WLRN’s Natu Tweh (NAW-too TWAY)