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Listen to the latest South Florida news as heard on WLRN's Morning Edition. The Broward County School District continues grappling with empty seats in classrooms. Major Hispanic business groups in Florida are urging Congress to extend a federal tax credit that has helped people better afford marketplace health insurance, and other local news.

This week on a rebroadcast of The Florida Roundup from May 23, we have conversations with three authors who have written in or about Florida. First, we spoke with veteran science journalist Stephan Hall about his book “Slither: How Nature’s Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World” (00:52).Then, we had a conversation with Annabelle Tometich, author of “The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony” (19:52). Plus, host of WUSF’s “The Zest” podcast Dalia Colón shared some of her favorite meals from “The Florida Vegetarian Cookbook” (37:38).

Listen to the latest South Florida news as heard on WLRN's Morning Edition. The Trump administration is terminating TPS for nearly 250,000 Venezuelan migrants. The state of Florida plans to resume taking in immigrants at "Alligator Alcatraz," and other local news.

Listen to the latest South Florida news as heard on WLRN's Morning Edition. Fort Lauderdale residents could notice a temporary change in the color of their tap water starting today. A former Miami city commissioner who was suspended from office while facing corruption charges that were later dropped has filed to run for city mayor and other local news.

Listen to the latest South Florida news as heard on WLRN's Morning Edition. When it comes to Florida's plan to roll back vaccine mandates, Gov. Ron DeSantis says he’s not anti-vaccine, he’s anti-mandate. Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Congressman David Jolly courted potential Palm Beach County voters last night in his bid to return to “common-sense leadership," and other local news.

Listen to South Florida news as heard on WLRN in Morning Edition and All Things Considered. The latest on Broward County putting public art in a place it's never been before, and an amendment Florida voters are being asked to approve that would protect fishing and hunting in the state.

Florida lawmakers consider a bill to restrict "period talk" in schools; foreclosures as code enforcement; Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus spreading in Florida.

A new rule clamps down on who can demonstrate at the Florida Capitol — and what they can say. Plus: The "Live Local Act" is getting bipartisan support in Tallahassee, and spring breakers are smiling despite red tide.

On the South Florida Roundup, we spoke to a recent Haitian migrant and Paul Christopher Namphy, of the Family Action Network Movement, about the difficult reality for sponsor families and migrants once they reach Florida — and how the Biden administration's new immigration policy could exacerbate those stresses.

On the South Florida Roundup, we explored the wire fraud scheme that created an illegal shortcut for aspiring nurses to get licensed and find employment. A Miami Herald reporter and two nursing professionals provided their insight on the federal case.

A fire broke out at the Covanta Waste-to-Energy Plant two weeks ago, resparking debate in Doral about the county’s plans to build a new, more modern waste energy plant next door to the old facility. With residents fed-up with the Covanta facility, what's next for the city of Doral and waste management in the county as a whole?

To help combat congestion amid a growing population, Palm Beach County may implement a light rail system. WLRN's Wilkine Brutus spoke to Valerie Nielson, executive director of the county's Transportation Planning Agency, about how they plan to move residents along their busiest roads.

Cultural issues dominated Florida's 2022 legislative session. Speech in schools, corporate training programs, and other cultural issues received plenty of attention. What about critical issues in South Florida? Reforms to condo associations and home insurance went nowhere. Meanwhile, the region is seeing a crush of migrants this year and street drug deaths.

In the battle over control of the U.S. House of Representatives, the race to replace the longest-serving member of the Florida Congressional delegation…

Two South Florida counties — Broward and Monroe — asked Primary Election voters to approve property tax increases to support public schools. Both…

Jobs, paychecks and taxes -- the usual issues for an election -- have given way to heated rhetoric, discord and divisiveness. How are the issues and the…

Florida's largest health insurer has seen a 45 percent drop in opioid prescriptions since it stopped paying for OxyContin.It has been almost a year since…

Familiar battlelines are being drawn over the biggest pieces Florida's state budget -- healthcare and education. Republicans plan on going after…

Miami will be in the Super Bowl next year regardless if the Dolphins win or lose. It’s all but guaranteed.The game returns to South Florida for the 11th…

Odilon Almeida was 25 when he first walked into a Western Union. He was working for Colgate Palmolive in Toronto and wanted to send money to his nephew…