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Legislators started committee meetings on Monday.
Read More »The Point, Nov. 15, 2021: Alachua County’s declining COVID-19 positivity rate led the High Springs treatment site to close
Patients had received monoclonal antibody treatment there this fall.
Read More »The Point, Nov. 11, 2021: Florida lawmakers to take on ‘complicated issue’ of death payouts to first responders with COVID-19
Proposed legislation has removed the vaccine mandate provision for the payouts.
Read More »The Point, Nov. 11, 2021: Alachua County School Board moves to opt-out system for masks
Parents can begin opting out their children on Friday.
Read More »The Point, Nov. 10, 2021: Citrus County isn’t alone in seeing severe flooding in 2021
People in Levy and Marion counties are also asking for help.
Read More »The Point, Nov. 9, 2021: Here’s what Florida’s elected leaders have planned for next week’s special session
Banning vaccine mandates tops their agenda.
Read More »The Point, Nov. 8, 2021: UF plans to allow professors to get paid to testify after all
Subscribe to The Point to invite us into your inbox with the most important Florida news from Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. Today’s top Florida stories • WUFT News: University of Florida reverses course, allows professors to testify regardless of compensation. “The university initially denied requests by political science professors …
Read More »The Point, Nov. 5, 2021: A Florida congressional candidate never applied to have his civil rights restored
The candidate served time behind bars within the past decade.
Read More »The Point, Nov. 4, 2021: Florida needs a new election crimes police force, its governor says
Other elected Republicans want to see the 2020 results audited.
Read More »The Point, Nov. 3, 2021: Here’s the latest on the UF professors’ testimony controversy
Congressional Democrats are upset, and the three professors say they won't comply with the university's order.
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