floridamatters@wusf.org<\/a>.<\/p>\nGoing for the cycle<\/p>\n
(0:48) Thirteen regional trails are coming together to create a seamless cross-state biking route. Riders will traverse forests, swamps and urban areas on this ambitious project. Advocates say the trail encourages fitness, tourism and community engagement.<\/p>\n
GUEST:<\/p>\n
Daniel Paschall, manager at the Mid-Atlantic sector of East Coast Greenway AllianceTragedy renews homeless debate<\/p>\n
(11:58) The recent death of a woman killed by a St. Petersburg garbage truck has renewed the debate over homelessness and Florida\u2019s public camping ban. Advocates for the unhoused say the case underscores concerns that enforcement without enough shelter beds can increase risks for people living outside.<\/p>\n
GUESTS:<\/p>\n
Jackie Azis, Southern Poverty Law CenterJesse Rabinowitz, National Homeless Law CenterBeware of the bugs<\/p>\n
(20:32) Mosquito control officials say summer rains will accelerate populations, raising concerns about disease transmission and prevention efforts. At the same time, researchers are evaluating a proposal to release sterilized mosquitoes for population control alongside traditional spraying.<\/p>\n
GUESTS:<\/p>\n
Adriane Rogers, Pasco County Mosquito Control DistrictChris Meindl, USF geography professorSold on ChatGTP<\/p>\n
(34:52) A Broward County man may be the first person to sell his house using a chatbot instead of a real estate agent. He says the AI helped with everything \u2013 from pricing and marketing to listing strategy and even parts of the contract process. His advice: trust but verify.<\/p>\n
GUEST:<\/p>\n
Robert Levine, sold home through ChatGPT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week, \u201cFlorida Matters Live & Local\u201d has been revisiting some of our best conversations from the year.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[49182,104166,58429,143350,143348,53800,574,143349,143351,23464,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-350320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-bicycles","tag-biking","tag-chatbot","tag-chatgtp","tag-coast-to-coast-trail","tag-cycling","tag-exercise","tag-florida-matters-live-local","tag-home-selling","tag-homeless","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}