The Florida Roundup

The state keeps coming after school districts over mask mandates. School districts are going after the state in court. Plus, redrawing political districts across the state.

On this week's "The Florida Roundup," we talk about how Gov. DeSantis wants to end city and county vaccine mandates and the Florida Standards Assessment; a lawsuit seeks more transparency from the state in releasing COVID-19 data; and an all-civilian space crew.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has based his effort to ban local school mask mandates on the Parents' Bill of Rights law. The law gives parents rights to direct their child's health care, unless there is a "compelling interest." Whose compelling interest?

More Florida school boards vote to require masks as the state follows through with the threat to hold back funding. And, how the state changed reporting COVID-19 deaths.

On this week's Florida Roundup: We discuss the lawsuit parents from across the state filed against Florida's mask-mandate ban in schools, and nearly 1,000 physicians signing a letter urging the state to change its response to the latest COVID surge.

COVID-19 infections are rising fast in Florida with the first day of school just a few weeks away. Gov. DeSantis does not want to mandate masks in classrooms.

COVID cases and hospitalizations are climbing again. The national ban on evictions is due to come to an end soon. What could happen in Florida? And U.S. Rep. Val Demings on her run for the Senate.

On this week's Florida Roundup, we discuss the latest on the ongoing recovery efforts in Surfside and the decision by a federal court to prevent Florida's law targeting social media companies from taking effect.

Florida's Republican-controlled Legislature is back in session and eyeing new laws aimed at slowing climate change and sea level rise.

State Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz explains how vaccines are distributed in pods and his reasons for stepping down — effective this April.

Florida lawmakers blame chaotic vaccine rollout on limited supply of Pfizer and Moderna doses from the federal government.

Demand for the COVID-19 vaccine has far exceeded supply in Florida with its population of more than 4.4 million people 65 and above. Florida's emergency management director Jared Moskowitz blames the federal government.