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March 8, 2006 Gail Rambarath has a story of what happened to her husband's nice sports car.

Photographer Godlis talks with Michael Stock about his career with consultant Ed Christin and musician Timothy Laroque

Tropical Storm Cristobal, the third named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, formed in the subtropical Atlantic Ocean today. A Heat Advisory and a major heat risk is in effect for all of South Florida until this evening.

A recent false political ad targeting a Congressional candidate from South Florida is steeped in homophobia. Broward County may employ a local firm to help jumpstart its composting efforts. That’s according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

A Miami attorney’s attempt to be placed on the ballot for a South Florida state Senate race has been rejected by the Florida Supreme Court. A recent false political ad targeting a Congressional candidate from South Florida is steeped in homophobia.

One day after turning 18, a Palm Beach County woman is assuming responsibility over her family after Border Patrol detained her parents. A semi-pro Argentinian soccer player with a Miami league is in federal immigration detention after his recent arrest by ICE agents at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

Work on a giant sand trap to help Broward County restore beaches was ordered to stop this week after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers confirmed damage to endangered coral nearby. Nearly 30-thousand pounds of Argentine beef sold in Florida and Texas is being recalled by an Aventura-based company.

Millions of dollars being invested in Florida’s midterm elections are coming from the gambling industry. Florida university officials want Congress to pass an antitrust exemption for the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has rewritten a proposed property tax amendment that will appear on voters’ ballots in November. Florida's Black representation in Congress could soon hit a historical low.

King Tide season is here, which means South Florida’s coastal communities can expect higher-than-normal tidal conditions this week. Yesterday was the first day of the school year in Broward County and according to the county's school superintendent Howard Hepburn, the district saw 11,000 fewer students compared to last year's first day.

A major boating products supplier based in Fort Lauderdale continues cutting back its workforce after filing for bankruptcy. In the last five years, the maintenance backlog for national parks and public lands in Florida has grown to over $680 million.

The ACLU of Florida and other legal groups are taking Florida International University to court. In Florida's Heartland, hundreds of acres of land are conserved as part of the Florida Wildlife Corridor to protect green space, water quality, and endangered animals like the Florida panther.

Chuck Kirkpatrick has spent a lifetime in the music business and still participates at open mikes. Michael Stock talks to Chuck about Firefall, his drummer brother, and growing up in South Florida.

More than 100 people are dead after a strong, magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia yesterday. Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, Blaise Ingoglia, was in Palm Beach County yesterday to announce a new Firefighter grant program.

In the last five years, the maintenance backlog for national parks and public lands in Florida has grown to over $680 million. In Florida’s redrawn 23 congressional district, incumbent Democratic Representative Lois Frankel faces progressive challenger Victoria Doyle.

Florida has been experiencing a heat wave of above average temperatures all week, and temperatures are set to intensify. Immigrant rights leaders are urging the Lake Worth Beach city commission to reject a proposed 10-year contract extension with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke about the revised ballot language for Florida’s property tax amendment with one of the lawyers representing the group that sued over the original wording (00:00). Then, we spoke about how the property tax measure would impact funding for Florida’s network of children’s trust services (07:32). Plus, we looked at a lawsuit involving free speech at Florida International University (25:30). And later, some education news including a drop in enrollment at Broward County Public Schools (37:18) and a look at how student historians are helping to preserve the past at one Tampa Bay cemetery (40:14).

We're updating you on the situation in western Colombia after it was hit by a deadly magnitude 7.4 earthquake this week and how the community here is getting relief there. NPR correspondent John Otis will join us from Colombia (01:03). We’ll also take a deep dive into the controversial male dominance culture called the manosphere – and why South Florida is suddenly its epicenter. (19:03). And we’ll examine why it’s now harder to get by in Miami than it is in Manhattan (34:35).

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has released a re-drafted ballot summary for Amendment 3. Revenue from property taxes that help fund children's services could be at risk – if voters approve Amendment 3 on the ballot this fall.

One of the most contentious primaries in South Florida is for House District 24. Seven Florida International University students are suing the school over allegedly violating their First Amendment rights.