The Wrap Podcast

The government shutdown is entering its 38th day on Friday, and Central Floridians continue to feel the stresses of the federal government halting operations.

Devastating rains passed through Central Florida earlier this week. We hear from those who were on the ground about the damage caused by the water.

Central Floridians were stunned by the news that three students in Seminole County had taken their own lives within the same week.

An Orlando disabled Marine veteran and IRS employed is one of the 47,000 Central Floridians affected by the government shutdown. He learned last week his position is being eliminated.

Some Central Floridians are still trying to recover from Hurricane Milton, which made landfall as a Category 3 storm on the state’s Gulf Coast one year ago this week.

Some 47,000 federal employees in Central Florida are working without pay or furloughed on temporary leave because the federal government is shut down.

More than half a million students in Florida are using taxpayer dollars to pay for private school tuition or other educational services. A state agency found the organization tasked with distributing vouchers mismanaged the money.

The Brain Fitness Academy at Stetson University in DeLand demonstrates the value of a structured intervention focused on those lifestyle changes that can help older adults slow down cognitive decline.

Starship, SpaceX’s giant rocket, may be launching in Florida as early as next year from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. But it comes at a cost.

Decades of precedent are being upended as states consider redrawing Congressional maps well ahead of schedule, including here in Florida.