Tristan Wood
Senior Reporter/ATC HostTristan Wood is a senior producer and host with WFSU Public Media. A South Florida native and University of Florida graduate, he focuses on state government in the Sunshine State and local panhandle political happenings.
Prior to joining the WFSU team, Tristan spent three years covering the legislature with outlets including Florida Politics, City & State Florida, and Fresh Take Florida.
When he’s not on the airwaves, Tristan is either taking road trips with his pit bull named String Bean, going to alt-rock concerts or watching the Miami Heat.
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The Florida House has passed legislation that would reverse a decision by Gainesville residents’ to keep local control of their local public utility provider. -
Florida House passed a bill Tuesday that would decrease the number of non-Floridians allowed in the Freshman classes of Florida's top public universities. -
The bill gives local governments control over the placement of data centers through comprehensive planning and land development regulations. It also put guardrails in place when it comes to the centers’ water and energy use. -
WFSU's Tristan Wood spoke with Fishback rally attendees and social media experts to unpack who Fishback is, how his campaign is reaching Gen-Z men, and what it says about young people's economic anxieties in Florida. -
It comes after Mayor John Dailey adjourned the commission’s last meeting early as protestors held up signs and criticized commissioners for their stance on the city’s agreement with immigration enforcement. -
Under a proposal moving through the legislature, the office would be renamed the “Office of Supplier Development.” And its focus would shift from supporting women and minority-owned enterprises to Florida-based small businesses and veteran-owned businesses. -
Florida is considering a change to what drugs are covered by state employee healthcare plans. -
FSU students and faculty questioned Dhillon about her office’s use of federal laws, including the FACE Act, to arrest journalist Don Lemon in connection with an immigration enforcement protest at a church in Minneapolis. -
The proposal builds on Governor Ron DeSantis’ years-long fight against DEI programs and policies and could shutter DEI offices that monitor equity in local hiring, block DEI grant programs and prevent local funding of certain local events like Pride parades. -
Public employers and private contractors that receive state funds couldn’t require workers to use pronouns that don’t align with a person’s sex assigned at birth under legislation moving in the Florida House and Senate.
