Sundial

Guests for Sundial Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018: Fort Lauderdale's two mayoral candidates — Vice Mayor Bruce Roberts and District 2 Commissioner Dean Trantalis — joined host Luis Hernandez to discuss their campaign and priorities for the city. Voters will go to the polls to to elect a new mayor on March 13 . Also, Barry Lawrence Ruderman spoke about his adventures hunting for maps. The International Miami Map Fair took place at the History Miami Museum Feb. 3 and 4.

Sundial guests for Monday, January 29, 2018: Alice Bravo, Director of the Department of Transportation and Public Works in Miami-Dade. Thomas Kennedy, Director of the Florida Immigrant Coalition.

Sundial guests for Wednesday, January 31st, 2018 Jessica Bakeman/WLRN Education Reporter gives us an update on the legislative session. Author/Journalist Laura Wides-Munoz discusses her book "The Making of a Dream." Felicia Hatcher/ Co-founder of Black Tech Week joins us to talk tech in South Florida.

Sundial guests on Tuesday, January 30th, 2018: Tim Padgett, WLRN's Americas Editor discusses a controversial call for elections in Venezuela. Miami Herald Editor Amy Driscoll talks about covering the Gianni Versace murder more than 20 years ago. Miami New Times Managing Editor Tim Elfrin talks about the announcement of a new Major League Soccer team in Miami.

In less than two weeks since the launch of Brightline train between West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale, three people have been hit as a result of illegally crossing the train tracks. Two of the three accidents resulted in deaths. WLRN’s Broward reporter, Catie Switalski, covered the inauguration of the Brightline train . She joined the program to talk about train safety protocols and what to expect from Brightline in the future. At the moment, the Brightline trains are traveling at around 79

On Tuesday, Florida House leaders proposed a higher-education budget that includes cuts prompting state universities and colleges to spend money from their reserve funds. WLRN’s education reporter, Jessica Bakeman, joined the program. She is in Tallahassee covering the legislative session. Unlike other state agencies, colleges and universities do not need to send their leftover general revenue back to the state treasury each year. The House argues that schools keep those dollars and as a result

Inmate deaths in the Florida prison system are up 20 percent over previous years. Last Friday, The Florida Department of Corrections released information that 428 inmates died last year. On average, the inmates who died have been younger than in previous years. Miami Herald reporter Julie Brown covers the prison system extensively. She joined the program to talk about the different issues present in Florida prisons. The Florida prison system has struggled to provide adequate preventive and

The current owners of the Marlin’s are clearing house. Notable examples include slugger Giancarlo Stanton and Mr. Marlin himself, Jeff Conine. Reportedly, Derek Jeter has also expressed interest in removing Homer, the moving monument designed by Red Grooms and set off when a Marlin hits a home run. Jeter’s hands are tied when it comes to dispatching the colorful structure. Homer belongs to the taxpayers and it is owned by Miami-Dade County. The structure cost around $2.45 million to complete and

Ninety-two Somali detainees await their fate after a failed deportation attempt prevented them from reaching Somalia. The plane, reportedly charted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and destined to Mogadishu, only made it as far as Dakar, Senegal where it was parked on the runway for a day. We talked to Rebecca Sharpless, a law professor at the University of Miami and head of the university’s immigration clinic, which along with some advocacy groups is suing the government over

Today on Sundial: Salvadorans were the most recent refugee group to lose Temporary Protected Status (TPS). It's now likely that Hondurans will also lose theirs. What's the latest update on groups like these and Nicaraguans and Haitians? What are people doing to stay in the U.S. or find another country that may take them in? We talk with Ana Quiros of Catholic Legal Services about TPS and about the recent raids by immigration services. Also, Miami Herald investigative reporters Nicholas Nehamas,