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Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration has moved to shut down license plate reader cameras on state roads. The immigration detention center "Alligator Alcatraz" may have closed, but the legal case questioning its environmental effects continues. The next Miss America will be crowned in South Florida.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is enrolling day care centers in the county in their free enhanced safety program. Enrolled day care centers will receive text messages or emails if there is a reported threat or violent crime within a half mile radius.

Even though the Everglades immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" closed months ago, the legal case questioning its environmental effects continues. The Florida Department of Transportation is revoking permits for "Flock cameras" and other automated license plate readers statewide.

The Florida Department of Transportation has ordered the removal of automatic license plate reader cameras from all state roads in the next 30 days. Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner is against the ban and says his city has benefitted from the cameras.

We mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Not just the terrorist attacks that changed America forever, but the lives of the terrorists here in South Florida – and the Islamophobia that follows their atrocities even today (1:03). We’ll also discuss the Jewish High Holy Days that start this evening in the shadow of rising antisemitism (19:03). And we’ll talk with Miami Herald reporter Jay Weaver, who’s retiring after decades following South Florida’s often bizarre crime and crime fighters (34:35).

Miami Beach City commissioners are evaluating whether or not a pedestrian bridge that was approved over 6 years ago will still be built.//A synagogue in Miami that began as a Jewish community center 70 years ago [1956] is shutting its doors.

Miami city commissioners voted Thursday to track short-term vacation rentals city-wide. This comes amid reports of illegal rentals causing chaos in residential neighborhoods.

On his first day of the new job, Miami-Dade County Schools Superintendent Rafael Villalobos paused the process to explore potential closures and consolidations.

The departure of Bryan Avila from the state Senate to become U.S. Congressman Byron Donalds’ running mate on the GOP gubernatorial ticket is attracting interest from Florida House Republicans. People who want to weigh in Florida's plan to make four vaccines optional for schools can do so now. Public comment is open through Sept. 14.

The city of Lake Worth Beach and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office have renewed their contract. The Florida Department of Health is moving ahead with a plan to remove four shots from the list of vaccines needed to enter schools and daycare.

Former National Park Service superintendents are sounding the alarm after unusual orders were issued for all current superintendents around the country to attend regional meetings next month. A coalition of government leaders in Miami-Dade and Broward counties has launched a campaign to oppose Florida’s Amendment 3.

Miami-Dade County recently held its first public budget hearing and is looking to make serious cuts in transit and solid waste. Palm Beach County recently approved its tentative budget of nearly 10 billion dollars.

The Broward County school district wants feedback from families as it’s preparing for another round of school closures due to declining enrollment. For the first time in its 112-year history, the Panama Canal is being run by a woman.

Fort Lauderdale Police finally have a new home. After years of setbacks and price increases, the new police headquarters officially opened Wednesday.

Venezuela’s political opposition has long overseen the U.S.-based oil company Citgo. Venezuela’s interim government is ending that – further sidelining the opposition.

Twenty-five years after the deadly terror attacks, South Florida still carries a unique scar from the hijackers who lived and trained here. This is South Florida Remembers 9/11. Reporter Danny Rivero helps us look back at the role our region played in one of the darkest days in American history.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with the statewide president of the United Faculty of Florida about the Board of Governors' decision to ban undocumented students from enrollment at the state’s public universities (00:00). Then, we remember the terrorist attacks on 9/11 and how Florida remains deeply connected to the events of that day (20:00). Plus, a look at how PACs are spending money in Florida’s midterm elections (37:12) and we bid farewell to longtime host Tom Hudson (45:16).

A Florida judge says that a Boca Raton nurse who used social media to publicly wish severe childbirth complications on former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt -- should be fined and formally reprimanded. The Miami-Dade County school board unanimously adopted a budget of $7.4 billion dollars Wednesday for the 2026-27 school year.

A former University of South Florida robotics professor remembers her involvement in 9/11 search efforts. Governor Ron DeSantis was in Miami Thursday to discuss Florida’s anti-communism education standards.

Community immigrant rights leaders and allies are calling on Republican U.S. Senator Ashley Moody to fight for Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. The Miami-Dade County school board unanimously adopted a budget of $7.4 billion dollars yesterday for the 2026-27 school year.