AI campaign ads and data centers\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nArtificial intelligence is both a campaign issue and driving campaigns themselves.<\/p>\n
\nCandidates have used AI generated images and videos to make their pitch to voters and attack each other.<\/p>\n
\nAt the same time, data centers that help power AI tools have become increasingly controversial.<\/p>\n
\nGuests: <\/p>\n
Meghan Bowman, Your Florida state government team reporter.\u00a0
\n Wilkine Brutus, WLRN’s Palm Beach County bureau reporter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Property taxes and healthcare\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nHundreds of millions of property tax dollars are used to help support select hospitals across the state.<\/p>\n
\nSarasota Memorial, Memorial Health in Broward County, Halifax Health in Daytona Beach and Jackson Health in Miami all collect property taxes to help pay for health care.<\/p>\n
\nHow could cutting property taxes impact public hospitals across the state?<\/p>\n
\nGuest: <\/p>\n
Justin Senior, CEO for the Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n
FL the ’14th colony’\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nAs the United States celebrated its 250th anniversary, Florida officials highlighted a nickname for the state with a Revolution-era ring: “the 14th colony.”<\/p>\n
\nIt doesn’t mean that Florida was the 14th U.S. state \u2014 that was Vermont. Florida became the 27th state on March 3, 1845.<\/p>\n
\nSo what is this “14th colony” idea all about?<\/p>\n
\nGuest: <\/p>\n
Louis Jacobson, chief correspondent for PolitiFact.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Weekly news briefing\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nThousands of Haitian immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) will lose the ability to work and reside in the U.S. after a recent ruling by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
\nFlorida is home to more than half of the nation’s Haitian immigrants. Community activists and leaders are urging Congress to extend the program.<\/p>\n
\nIn Florida, recent college grads and young professionals say AI is changing<\/a> how they look at work.<\/p>\n \nIt’s been a scorcher of a week in the Sunshine State. Heat advisories have been issued throughout the state with some counties experiencing a ‘feels like’ temperature as high as 110.<\/p>\n