This Week in South Florida Podcast: April 28, 2024
On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, host Glenna Milberg interviews Broward County School Board Member Debra Hixon, Billy Corben, The Miami Herald’s Editor Joey Flechas and Reporter Sarah Blaskey, and WLRN Reporter Josh Ceballos.
Mourners pay respects to Bob Graham at old Florida Capitol before final burial in Tallahassee
Fresh flowers have been planted around the front lawn outside the Florida Capitol and flags are at half-staff — including the one over the old Capitol, now museum — where former Florida Governor and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham is lying in state Friday for a public farewell.
This Week in South Florida Podcast: April 28, 2024
On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, host Glenna Milberg interviews Broward County School Board Member Debra Hixon, Billy Corben, The Miami Herald’s Editor Joey Flechas and Reporter Sarah Blaskey, and WLRN Reporter Josh Ceballos.
DeSantis orders Florida resources to stop Haitian migrants despite no sign of increased activity
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is ordering more than 250 law enforcement officers and soldiers to the Florida Keys to help stop what he anticipates to be an increase in Haitian migrants fleeing violence in their country.
The trip to Margaritaville can soon be made on the Jimmy Buffett Highway
Iconic Florida singer Jimmy Buffet named one of his albums “A1A” in honor of the coastal highway that winds through about 340 miles (545 kilometers) along the state’s Atlantic Coast, and now Florida is about to return the honor.
Florida asks state Supreme Court to keep abortion rights amendment off the November ballot
Florida’s attorney general is expected to ask the state Supreme Court to keep an abortion-rights measure off November’s ballot on Wednesday, saying it misleads voters and could be used to expand abortion rights in the future.
Tiger King’s Carole Baskin asks Florida Supreme Court to review defamation lawsuit ruling
Carole Baskin, who became a pop culture sensation due to Netflix’s docuseries “Tiger King,” has asked the Florida Supreme Court to review an appellate court’s ruling that said she isn’t protected from a defamation lawsuit brought by a former assistant.
Judge sentences Broward periodontist to life in prison without parole over murder-for-hire plot
A Broward County periodontist who was convicted last month of being the mastermind behind the murder of Florida State University professor Daniel Markel in 2014 is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in Tallahassee.
DeSantis wants to cut 1,000 jobs, but asks for $1 million to sue over Florida State’s football snub
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis recommended Florida eliminate more than 1,000 state jobs in a spending proposal released Tuesday that cuts the current budget by more $4.6 billion while maintaining popular sales tax holidays.
FSU professor’s murder: Miami Beach grandmother appears in Leon court after Miami-Dade extradition
A 73-year-old Miami Beach grandmother appeared in Leon County court on Tuesday in Tallahassee after her extradition from Miami-Dade County for her alleged role in her former son-in-law’s murder about nine years ago.
Florida lawmakers to begin special session by expressing support of Israel
The Florida Legislature will return to the Capitol for a special session Monday that will allow lawmakers to express their support for Israel, while giving Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis some talking points as he campaigns for president.
Broward periodontist says girlfriend regretted disclosure to friend that resulted in FSU professor’s murder, extortion
The trial continues Thursday for Charlie Adelson, who is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder of his ex-brother-in-law, Florida State University professor Daniel Markel, in 2014, in Tallahassee.
Broward periodontist decides to testify during trial for FSU law professor’s murder
A Broward County periodontist’s trial for his role in a murder-for-hire plot to kill a Tallahassee attorney in 2014 continued on Wednesday morning in Leon County with the prosecution playing the recordings by FBI agents of his private conversations in 2016.
WATCH LIVE: Convicted hitman, woman who orchestrated FSU professor’s murder testify in ex-brother-in-law’s trial
Convicted hitman Luis Rivera was cross-examined Monday in the trial of a South Florida dentist accused of being the mastermind behind a murder-for-hire plot that left a Florida State University professor dead.
Day 2 of murder-for-hire trial of South Florida dentist and killing of FSU professor
Over nine years after Florida State University law professor Dan Markel was murdered in his garage and the hired killers and a woman found guilty of facilitating the hit have been sent to prison, the accused mastermind behind it all — his former brother-in-law — is on trial.
Florida settles lawsuit over COVID data, agrees to provide weekly stats to the public
Florida will provide COVID-19 data to the public again after a former Democratic state representative settled a lawsuit with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration over the decision two years ago to stop sharing information on the virus’ spread online.
Former head of Florida domestic abuse agency charged with fraud, grand theft
The former head of a nonprofit domestic violence agency is charged with fraud and grand theft two years after she and the agency agreed to pay Florida $5 million to settle a civil lawsuit, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced Thursday.
Abortion access in Florida now hinges on decision by 7 judges
The Florida Supreme Court must decide whether to overrule broad abortion rights protections provided for decades under the state constitution and instead uphold a law signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that bans the procedure in most cases after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
US judge blocks portions of new Florida elections law
A federal judge on Monday blocked Florida from enforcing part of a new elections law that bans non-citizens from handling or collecting voter registration forms, saying the state can’t restrict individual rights and gave no proof it was necessary to do so.
Florida official who criticized DeSantis reaches settlement with education department
A school superintendent has reached a settlement with Florida's education department after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized him for infusing “politically charged statements” and “personal views” into his administration.
Ex-Democrat Florida gov nominee not guilty of lying to FBI
Former Florida Democratic candidate for governor Andrew Gillum, who came within a whisker of defeating Republican Ron DeSantis in 2018, was acquitted of lying to the FBI in a corruption case that also involved illegal use of campaign contributions.