
Pair of buses brings 42 homeless shelter beds to Orlando
By: Lillian Hernández Caraballo | Central Florida Public Media
A recently completed infrastructure project in Melbourne is hoped will cut the amount of pollution entering the Indian River Lagoon. Officials say the effort will keep large amounts of harmful nutrients out of the lagoon each year.
NASA faces the prospect of massive budget cuts demanded in the Trump administration's proposed budget. But, during budget negotiations on Capitol Hill, lawmakers appear skeptical. Steve Mort sits down with Brendan Byrne from Central Florida Public Media to discuss the latest, plus the plans to move U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama.
Brightline is getting $42 million in federal grant funding for safety updates. And iIn Brevard, a separate $4.9 million dollar grant was awarded earlier this year to the Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization for physical barriers at rail crossings.
Brazil's president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva addressed the UN General Assembly in this week, amid political and trade tensions with the United States. What does a 50 percent US tariff on Brazil mean for Florida's economy?
By: Lillian Hernández Caraballo | Central Florida Public Media
By: Matthew Palm | Orlando Sentinel
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Steve Mort
Steve is the Host and Executive Producer for NewsNight and has been based in Orlando since 2005. Before joining WUCF in 2019, he traveled on assignment with the PBS NewsHour. He’s also reported for a wide variety of international news outlets.