President Donald Trump has flirted with implementing sweeping international tariffs for months. His latest plan includes enacting at least a 10 percent tariff on all counties starting August 1st. Tristan Wood spoke with economics experts about how those potential tariffs could impact Florida and its residents.
A migrant detention center in the heart of the Everglades is now open. It’s known as Alligator Alcatraz. President Donald Trump attended the opening last week along with Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier.
On the Deeper Dive with Dara Kam podcast from the News Service of Florida, host Dara Kam is joined by reporter Forrest Saunders of E.W. Scripps to discuss the controversial center.
A federal district judge has temporarily blocked part of a Florida law that made new rules for how citizens can change the state constitution. As Margie Menzel reports the groups working to get proposed amendments on the ballot say that means their work can move forward—at least for now.
Affordable housing programs in Florida are not solely dependent on federal dollars. As WUSF's Lily Belcher reports, Governor Ron DeSantis has approved state money for local programs that could meet some of Florida's need for low-income housing.
Now that Congress has approved President Donald Trump’s "Big Beautiful Bill,” clean energy advocates in Florida are bracing for the fallout. The measure removes tax incentives that pay for nearly one-third of the cost of installing solar panels. The changes could threaten the viability of nine clean energy factories and over ten-thousand jobs in Florida. WUSF's Steve Newborn talks about the implications with
Maggie Shober and Stan Cross of the advocacy group Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
A new Florida law is designed to expand privately-operated charter schools called “Schools of Hope.” Part of the law allows charters to co-locate inside traditional public schools, as WMNF’s Sarah Goebel reports
Among the many, MANY new laws that took effect in Florida this month, one of them allows cities to set up slow-speed limits for flooded streets, as WMNF’s Madison Overmier reports.
Two years after an ocean heat wave slammed South Florida, scientists think they have a better idea of what killed endangered sawfish months later. WLRN’s Jenny Staletovich has this update.