Jessica Meszaros
Jessica Meszaros is a reporter and host of All Things Consideredfor WGCU News.
She was a multimedia reporter for Miami’s public radio station, WLRN Radio, for more than two years.
In the summer of 2013, Jessica interned for NPR's All Things Considered in Washington D.C. She has a background in newspaper reporting from her summer 2014 internship with the Sun-Sentinel in South Florida.
Jessica graduated from Florida International University with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the Honors College.
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“Florida is always in the political spotlight ... so, I think we also see some political experiments being tried here, in terms of what campaigns are catching fire, and what words are really buzzworthy and that voters are responding to," said Alissa Schafer with the Energy and Policy Institute.
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“I'm sure there's folks in the agricultural industry that are probably like me scratching their heads wondering ‘what was he thinking?’ Because he didn't veto any of the other conservation funding,” said land broker Dean Saunders.
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"The Immeasurable Depth of You" by Maria Ingrande Mora has been called a queer supernatural coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the Florida mangroves.
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Florida Forever would receive $100 million, another $100 million is earmarked for the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program, and $800 million would fund projects connecting the Ocala and Osceola National Forests.
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A Florida bill to increase penalties over releasing or selling venomous reptiles now exempts nativesThe FWC wrote the measure's language, announced it as a legislative initiative, and lobbied for it right before they announced Operation Viper, in which the agency busted people who were allegedly illegally selling venomous snakes.
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In 2022, American consumers faced the highest electricity costs in more than 40 years, due to inflation, a rebounding economy and fuel-related repercussions from the Ukraine conflict.
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Meet Clarence Fort, organizer of the Tampa 1960 sit-ins, and Mark E. Leib, the playwright behind the new production spotlighting the events.
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As sea levels rise, saltwater intrusion and heat will create challenges for certain plants and trees to survive in the coming years, and Florida is on the front lines.
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Florida Power and Light will increase rates in the state by up to 10.3%, after the Florida Public Service Commission, which regulates private utilities, approved rate increases for three electric companies that serve the state.
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Back in 2021, the FWC decided to conduct its own study on how the latest regulations for recreational blue crabbers would economically affect the commercial fishery, but the findings have not yet been released.
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“Florida bonneted bats desperately need critical habitat protection, and the Fish and Wildlife Service has excluded crucial areas threatened by development right now,” said attorney Ragan Whitlock with the Center for Biological Diversity.
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One Florida grower reported saving about $30,000 over three years by using the FAWN weather stations. Another reported saving $1,000 per year since 2010, and a third said tens of thousands of dollars were saved between 2010 and 2018.