90.7 WMFE's Intersection

Congress failed to pass a Zika spending bill again as the number of Florida locally-acquired cases ticks up. At the height of it, Hurricane Hermine left tens of thousands of people in north Florida in the dark. How did Governor Rick Scott handle the first hurricane to hit the state in more than a decade?

Juice bike share was rolled out in Orlando just over a year ago. Ian Sekonia from the city's transportation planning division tells 90.7's Brendan Byrne what he's learned from mapping the data from the bright orange bikes.

Dale Ketcham from Space Florida talks about what the explosion of a SpaceX rocket on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral last week means for the commercial space industry. And Emilee Speck from the Orlando Sentinel explains what the Osiris Rex mission to asteroid Bennu is all about.

A summit to raise awareness about brain eating amoeba kicks off in Orlando this Friday. Steve and Shelly Smelski, whose son died from the amoeba in 2014, want to raise the profile of the rare disease. They say more research is needed to advance treatment of the disease.

AP sports reporter Terrance Harris talks about what UCF football fans have to look forward to from the Knights new coach. And he says the Orlando Magic are looking to rebuild under a new coach and make it to the NBA playoffs this year.

It’s primary day, and more than one million Floridians have already cast a ballot in early voting or by mail. Political analysts Michelle Ertel and Dick Batchelor join us to discuss the mechanics of voting, how early voting and mail-in ballots are changing the way campaigns are run and voting is carried out.

Pulitzer Prize winning humor writer Dave Barry has been defending- and sometimes laughing at - his hometown of Miami for decades. In his new book, Best State Ever, he takes a road trip to find the charm under the weird veneer coating the Sunshine State.

In the age of the digital download, a smartphone can hold thousands of songs. But for some music lovers, nothing beats sound or the feel of a vinyl record. Hannah and Roman Skrobko opened East West Records in Orlando in 1971. Now they’re selling records to a whole new generation of audiophiles.

Where some see gentrification in Orlando's Milk District, developer Adam Wonus says his goal is to get rid of blight and enhance the neighborhood. Wonus joins us to talk about his vision for the neighborhood. And we talk to urban planning professor Bruce Stephenson about what Orlando could learn from other fast growing cities.

Floridians will vote on two solar amendments this year. One of them on the ballot next week. But what’s in the fine print, and what impact could these initiatives have on how solar power is generated in the sunshine state? Orlando Sentinel columnist walks us through the two amendments.