Florida Roundup

Teacher unions are being targeted in the battle over public education in Florida. That’s among the stories you’ll hear in this week’s Roundup.

On this week’s statewide Roundup: The state’s ban on felon voting rights has ruled been unconstitutional while Florida’s House Speaker said there will be there will be no sanctuary cities on his watch.

The state’s voters will now decide if convicted felons should regain the right to vote after they leave prison. The Florida Supreme Court is going live - on Facebook Live. And put down your phone. You might be pulled over for texting while driving if a new law passes.

On this week’s Roundup: Florida gets a reprieve from offshore drilling while police hand out more jaywalking tickets in the state to African-Americans and another accuser comes forward with allegations of sexual harassment against a former top state lawmaker. The Politics Of Offshore Drilling The Trump Administration wants to open up America’s coastline to oil drilling. After Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s plea, the administration amended that to say Florida shouldn’t be included. That in turn

A state judge says it’s unconstitutional to make Florida women wait to get an abortion while another sex scandal opens the state legislative session. Plus, the political world in Florida and nationwide is on fire over allegations President Donald Trump used an expletive term.

This week on the roundup we’re looking at how the political year is shaping up, from the wide-open governor’s race to Bill Nelson’s bid to defend his U.S. Senate seat.

A historic Hurricane Irma leads to unprecedented evacuations while charter schools result in big changes and a sexual harassment scandal rocks the state legislature.

On this week’s Roundup we look at the racial difference for jail terms for drug crimes in Florida just as the fate of tax reform may hang on Senator Marco Rubio’s vote. Plus, a federal judge orders a Florida county commission to stop using a prayer to open its meetings.

On this week’s Roundup we look at the racial difference for jail terms for drug crimes in Florida just as the fate of tax reform may hang on Senator Marco Rubio’s vote. Plus, a federal judge orders a Florida county commission to stop using a prayer to open its meetings.

A powerful state senator accused of sexual harassment is accused of interfering in the investigation while former Congresswoman Corrine Brown is sentenced and there’s a changing of the guard as the top college football teams in Florida are not in the usual places.