Senior homes lack state oversight, redistricting in Florida and Texas, and more
About this episode
The episode discusses issues with state oversight of senior homes, redistricting in Florida and Texas, and features interviews on space exploration and local community projects.
This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with the Miami Herald’s deputy investigations editor Carol Marbin Miller about their reporting into problems with the state’s Adult Protective Services (00:00). Then, we joined our colleagues at Houston Public Radio for a simulcast to discuss Florida and Texas’s redistricting efforts (19:44). Plus, we spoke with a middle school aerospace technology teacher about how Artemis II is helping inspire future generations to go into the field of space exploration (37:30), learned of preparations for Artemis III (41:20), got an update on Florida’s drought conditions and wildfires from Florida Public Radio Emergency Network meteorologist Megan Borowski (42:22), and learned about a theater project in Sarasota that pairs teens with Holocaust survivors and Black elders (44:06).
People in this episode
Guests: Carol Marbin Miller, Megan Borowski
Topics covered
- state oversight
- redistricting
- space exploration
- drought conditions
- wildfires
- theater project
Keywords
- Adult Protective Services
- redistricting
- Artemis II
- Artemis III
- Florida drought
- wildfires
- theater project
- Holocaust survivors
- Black elders
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Miami Herald, Houston Public Radio, Florida Public Radio Emergency Network
Places: Florida, Texas, Sarasota
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