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The incumbent mayor of North Miami has been disqualified from the race. The city of Miami wants to crack down on animal abuse after a string of recent high-profile animal cruelty incidents.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we looked at Florida’s undecided voters with Sean Freeder with UNF’s Public Opinion Research Lab (00:00). Then, we checked in on early recovery efforts from Hurricane Isaias with our partner station WUWF in Pensacola (19:42). Plus, Your Florida state government reporter Meghan Bowman joined us from our partner station WUSF to talk about a recent federal accountability report looking at ICE spending and Florida (24:40). And later, news from the week including a court ruling upholding Florida’s social media ban for minors (37:20), how a Governor-appointed commission impacts energy costs (39:08), and the induction of Florida’s newest Tuskegee Airmen chapter (47:38).

We talked about South Florida voters deciding whether teachers get to keep their pay raises — but voter confusion over the controversial Amendment 3 may lead to unintended consequences (01:03). Broward County commissioners are taking legal action against their own Sheriff’s Office — we took a closer look at this intra-county drama (19:03). And we chatted with the director of an Emmy-winning film about book bans, told through the lens of librarians (34:35).

The City of Miami will receive over $400,000 as part of a national initiative to tackle America’s housing crisis. Two Florida lawmakers are filing federal legislation that would ban the import of wild sloths into the country.

A Florida judge has refused to immediately block a Democratic ad that focuses on the Hope Florida controversy. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is filing state charges against Raul Castro for the 1996 shootdown of two U.S. planes on a humanitarian mission.

South Florida U.S. Congressman Jared Moskowitz says a man who allegedly threatened his life is now in police custody. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials were seen at a Key Largo polling place that is open for in-person early voting.

With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, Democrat David Jolly’s campaign for Florida governor got some political star power behind it here in South Florida. The latest poll from the University of North Florida’s Public Opinion Research Lab puts Donalds ahead of Jolly by just two percentage points.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials were seen at a Key Largo polling place that is open for in-person early voting. Today is the deadline to request a mail-in ballot for the November 3rd Midterm Elections.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was in Fort Lauderdale yesterday drumming up support for research on brain and nervous system diseases.

Miami commissioners have advanced a group of proposals to rein in animal cruelty in the city following numerous reports of abuse and neglect.

The Miami high-rise condo that many frustrated unit owners have been calling the "Animal House" -- has been slapped with a citation for breaking the law by operating as a hotel.

President Donald Trump's planned rally in Fort Myers today is part of a final push for GOP candidates ahead of the midterm election Nov. 3 -- especially for Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds.

The state of Florida's proposed rule to end certain vaccine requirements for school entry has hit a roadblock: a legal petition by the Florida Academy of Family Physicians.

Amendment Three continues to receive the most attention of any of the proposed constitutional amendments on next month's ballot. Miami archbishop Thomas Wenski is accusing Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier of “bullying” Catholic schools over vaccines.

A Florida judge has ruled a Democratic ad highlighting a controversy involving the DeSantis administration can stay up for now. Broward County Commissioners are delaying a decision on removing racial and gender task forces.

The Republican Party of Florida has withdrawn a lawsuit demanding TV stations pull a political ad by Florida Democrats.

A surprising turn for a Palm Beach County data center project many thought was officially dead.

Two Florida counties have reported seeing immigration enforcement at or near polling places open for in-person early voting.

Archbishop Thomas Wenski of the Archdiocese of Miami joins "Between the Lines with Dara Kam" from State Affairs this week for the first of a two-part series, this week offering an unflinching look at the intersection of faith, public policy, and human dignity in Florida.The conversation begins with a high-stakes dispute over Catholic school vaccination requirements and the state's threats to withhold voucher funding if diocese leaders do not reverse a policy requiring all students to be vaccinated.Archbishop Wenski defends the Church's stance, explaining why current vaccines align with Catholic teaching and why protecting public health serves the common good of students, educators, and the broader community.Dara and the archbishop of the state's largest diocese also delve into the Church's longstanding opposition to capital punishment as the state executes Death Row inmates at a record pace.In part two, the pair discuss the humanitarian crisis surrounding immigration enforcement and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian migrants, with Archbishop Wenski sharing his deep personal connection to the Haitian community.The series ends on a lighter note as the "Biker Bishop" reflects on his decades of ministry and life on two wheels.Visit pro.stateaffairs.com/fl for more.

The city of Miami wants to crack down on animal abuse after a string of recent high-profile animal cruelty incidents. Voting machines at Big Pine Community park in Monroe County were replaced after a security breach over the weekend