‘Schools of Hope’ expansion, week 2 of shutdown, hedge funds and newspapers
Update: 2025-10-17
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke about a new state law expanding Florida’s Schools of Hope program first with Sarasota County Schools Superintendent Terry Conner (00:00 ) and later with Andrew Atterbury, education reporter for POLITICO (21:26 ). Then, U.S. Rep. Darren Soto joined us to talk about the ongoing government shutdown (21:26 ). Plus, PolitiFact’s Samantha Putterman joined us to check some recent claims around the Affordable Care Act subsidies at the center of those negotiations (33:26 ). And later, we spoke with the producer and director of a new documentary that examines the trend of hedge funds buying newspapers and what it means for local journalism (37:32 ). We also dug into our inbox to share some notes from listeners (44:22 ).
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