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FEMA disaster response, tuning out of politics and Florida's new leadership

FEMA disaster response, tuning out of politics and Florida's new leadership

Update: 2024-11-22
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor about FEMA’s response to hurricanes Helene and Milton (01:27 ). We asked Kelly McBride, NPR Public Editor and Chair of Ethics and Leadership at The Poynter Institute, about how Americans are consuming political news (14:27 ) and then spoke with Sen. Shevrin Jones about how the Florida Democratic party can reengage apathetic voters (21:59 ). And later, we turned to Samantha Putterman with our partner PolitiFact for more on what’s next for former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (33:06 ). Plus, we learned more about the Florida legislature’s new leadership (37:33 ) and heard a collection of environmental stories from across the state including a tally of agricultral losses from Hurricane Helene (40:45 ) and an update on La Niña (42:37 ).
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FEMA disaster response, tuning out of politics and Florida's new leadership

FEMA disaster response, tuning out of politics and Florida's new leadership

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