Gov. DeSantis calls Florida a "free state" in his annual address this week. But one Democrat vying for his job says he’s like a dictator.

Miami Herald's Jacqueline Charles, WLRN's Tim Padgett, Sommer Brugal from the Miami Herald, and Nadia Sussman from ProPublica joined guest host Wilkine Brutus on The South Florida Roundup. They looked at the big issues facing Haiti, Florida's school districts, and alternative sugarcane harvesting in Brazil.

The year-end episode of The Florida Roundup has stories from public radio reporters throughout the The Sunshine State.

The governor’s war on "wokeness" — critics call it a distraction and even dangerous. DeSantis calls it common sense.

Gov. DeSantis wants to spend more than a quarter of a billion dollars on what he calls resilience projects. But will they protect communities against the threat from climate change?

Who will hold the balance of power? Florida’s redistricting process gets messy and partisan.

Public media reporting on COVID-19, schools and vaccination efforts. Plus how the federal government sells homes in Florida flood zones.

Billions of dollars are on their way to Florida as part of the new infrastructure spending bill. Water projects may be the priority, according to a new report card.

"If we were volunteering, then we are no longer experts," one professor said before the University of Florida changed its decision.

Dr. Joseph Ladapo, the state's top medical officer, upset legislators from both parties after refusing to wear a mask when speaking to a state senator with breast cancer and state regulators approve FPL rate increase.