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There are nearly two million gun licenses in Florida but figuring out exactly how many guns are in the state is a more challenging figure to extract. Florida, like most states, does not require gun owners to register their weapons. A new joint investigation by NBC-Owned Television Stations and the journalism non-profit The Trace , finds a sharp increase in recent years of guns stolen from cars and trucks in South Florida--and these guns find their way into the hands of criminals. WLRN's Tom

This week on a special edition of The Florida Roundup at the Miami Book Fair, WLRN's Tom Hudson spoke with a panel of authors about the changing political and cultural landscape of South Florida. National Book Award finalist and MacArthur finalist Edwidge Danticat, host of NPR's Full Disclosure Roben Farzad and Dr. Andrew Frank, professor of history at Florida State University took to the stage to discuss everything from uncertainty over immigration to the slow expansion of medical marijuana and

The effort to put emergency money for food into the pockets and bank accounts of South Florida meant waiting in lines and in court this week. D-SNAP is the government program for disaster food assistance. The federal government program returned to the region for three days this week after overwhelming demand last month led to long lines and police shutting down some distribution sites over public safety concerns. The long lines in October prompted a lawsuit against the state agency responsible

The first reports of Sen. Jeff Clemens' extramarital affair with a lobbyist came four days before Halloween. The Lake Worth politician was the top Democrat in the state Senate and set to lead the minority party in 2019. He resigned that same day. Then on Monday November 30, Miami Beach Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez accused a candidate she had supported for the commission of exposing himself to her. Rafael Velasquez denied the claim. In a text message to POLITICO Florida, she said: “I was

It was a Nixonesque moment — a politician asked about questionable campaign tactics — when Michael Grieco told the Miami Herald to “look right into my soul.” Greico, a first-time commissioner elected in 2013, handed in his resignation at City Hall on Oct. 24. He faced a charge of accepting an illegal campaign contribution, but he avoided admitting guilt and said he didn’t do it. “Effective immediately, I tender my resignation as Group 2 commissioner for the remaining two weeks of my term.

After more than a month of finger-pointing and name-calling over the length of power outages after Hurricane Irma, the Coral Gables commission says it will sue Florida Power & Light to force the utility to upgrade its infrastructure within the city. After threatening legal action and fining the state's largest power utility over its response to Hurricane Irma, city commissioner on Tuesday officially directed their legal team to file a lawsuit, although there are still hopes that the city and

Will Jacksonville, Miami or any Florida city win the battle for Amazon.com 's second headquarters? We discuss the possibility in this week's The Florida Roundup Statewide Edition. Michael Finney is CEO and president of the Miami-Dade Beacon Council, one of the groups putting together South Florida’s bid. He told WPLG-TV in Miami it will be a community effort to lure Amazon. “I strongly believe Jacksonville has all the attributes that make for a great place to do business,' says Jacksonville

This week The Florida Roundup looks into the decision to remove a statue of Broward County's namesake and a proposal to ban plastic foam containers from Hollywood Beach. Also, find out what one nursing home boss thinks of new efforts to require emergency generators. Guests: Broward County Mayor Barbara Sharief Hollywood Mayor Josh Levy Susannah Bryan, reporter for The Sun-Sentinel Hon. Elaine Bloom, president & CEO of Plaza Health Napoleon Bonaparte Broward may be best remembered as the

The Florida Roundup tackles a big backlog in immigration court, the housing squeeze in the Keys after Irma and how the storm may have helped sea life but hurt those making a living from the sea. This week's guests on The Florida Roundup with host Tom Hudson: Myriam Masihy, Telemundo 51/NBC 6 South Florida David Ovalle, The Miami Herald Nancy Klingener, WLRN Jenny Staletovich, The Miami Herald Thousands of immigrants waiting for their day in U.S. Court in Miami have seen their cases delayed as a

Friday on WLRN (co-produced with WJCT) "The Florida Roundup: Statewide Edition" premiered. Each week WLRN's Tom Hudson and WJCT's Melissa Ross , along with a panel of journalists from around the state, discuss the week in Florida news. Here's what the The Florida Roundup: Statewide Edition will cover. Tune in every Friday at 1 p.m. on 91.3FM

This week's guests on The Florida Roundup with host Tom Hudson include: Marc Caputo, Politico Nancy Dahlberg, The Miami Herald Andy Reid, The Sun-Sentinel Editoral Board Patricia Mazzei, The Miami Herald Tim Padgett, WLRN Joey Flechas, The Miami Herald More than two weeks after Hurricane Irma, piles of debris remain on sidewalks, corners and parking lots across South Florida. As trees limbs and palm fronds along with busted fences and broken patio furniture await cleanup crews, the statewide

The Florida Roundup concentrated this week on the recovery efforts after Hurricane Irma. Guests included: Rosemary O'Hara, editorial page editor for The Sun Sentinel Rick Christie, editorial page editor for The Palm Beach Post Jim DeFede, CBS4 reporter & host of Facing South Florida The death toll reaches 11 from a sweltering nursing home in Hollywood that lost power during Hurricane Irma. State regulators are blaming the home's owner for not taking care of its patients after the facility

This week’s guests on The Florida Roundup with host Luis Hernandez: Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald John Morales, Chief Meteorologist at NBC 6 Miami Eliot Kleinberg, Palm Beach Post Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald Lulu Ramadan, Palm Beach Post Joey Flechas, Miami Herald Tens of thousands of Haitians are living in the United States under Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The status was provided after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti that killed more than 300,000 people. That protection will run out in

This week’s guests on The Florida Roundup with host Tom Hudson: Manny Garcia - East Region Executive Editor, USA TODAY Network Nancy Ancrum - Editorial Page Editor, The Miami Herald Rick Christie - Editorial Page Editor, The Palm Beach Post This week, the University of Florida (UF) rejected a request by a white supremacist group to speak on campus next month. The speaker, Richard Spencer, was one of the organizers behind last weekend’s march in Charlottesville, VA that turned deadly. “We’re very

This week on The Florida Roundup , host Tom Hudson, Miami Herald reporter Patricia Mazzei and WLRN's Tim Padgett discuss how Venezuela's crisis impacts policy and politics in South Florida. Also part of the conversation: This week's torrential downpours overwhelmed some local flood control efforts, and what would South Beach look like if voters choose to move up last call? Listen: As Venezuela moves to seat a new constitutional assembly after a widely disputed vote, the push to tighten U.S.