Flood-fix rainchecks, targeting spiked drinks, red-faced over a red card, teen game-changers

Florida Matters · Jul 8, 2026 · 48m

Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $810 million from the state budget. A large portion of that involved water infrastructure and flood mitigation projects. How will that decision affect Florida residents?

Then, what if you could detect a rape-date drug in your drink using jewelry? A USF graduate student is joining forces with a former beach volleyball teammate to make it happen.

Also, the U.S. team was eliminated, but there are still aftershocks about President Trump’s connection to FIFA’s suspension of a red card suspension before the team’s final game.

To close, a pretty cool project by teens to keep…