About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of rising gas prices, a property tax ballot initiative, and various environmental news stories in Florida.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke about the impact rising gas prices are having on Floridians with WUSF’s Gabriella Paul (00:00). Then, we were joined by Rep. Ryan Chamberlin to talk about his push for a citizens-led campaign to put the elimination of property taxes up for a vote in 2028 (20:50). Then, PolitiFact’s Samantha Putterman joined us to fact-check a recent claim from U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds on school districts driving up property taxes (38:08). Plus, environmental stories from around the state including an update on the lawsuit filed by conservationists challenging the immigration detention center (37:26), a manatee rescue and release in Melbourne (40:40), and early predictions for the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season (45:26).

People in this episode

Guests: Gabriella Paul, Ryan Chamberlin, Samantha Putterman

Topics covered

• gas prices
• property taxes
• environmental news
• politics
• fact-checking

Keywords

• gas prices
• property tax
• environment
• Florida
• hurricane season

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WUSF, PolitiFact

Places: Florida

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