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EPISODE · May 16, 2025 · 49 MIN

Doge impact on Florida’s disaster preparedness, state budget remains at impasse and weekly news briefing

from The Florida Roundup

This week on The Florida Roundup, we looked at how federal funding cuts and job losses could impact weather forecasting and hurricane preparedness in Florida with Alex Harris, lead climate change reporter for the Miami Herald (03:30) and with James Franklin, former Chief of Forecast Operations at the National Hurricane Center (11:07). Later, we checked in with WUSF’s Douglas Soule for an update on state budget negotiations (32:00). Plus, we looked at one Florida City that has resisted signing an agreement with federal immigration forces (37:20), state tuition hikes for “Dreamers" (39:38), and we open up our inbox to share some listener emails (44:53).

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