The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe V. Wade. The decision removes the federal right to abortion care and hands decisions about abortion access to individual states. In Florida, a law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy is set to go into effect July first. The American …
Read More »The Point, June 23, 2022: Publix Will Not Offer The COVID Vaccine For Children Under 5 Years Old
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT: First day of summer brings high temperatures and warnings of heat-related illness. “With soaring temperatures comes high heat that could prove a danger to vulnerable people like young children, the elderly …
Read More »The Point, June 21, 2022: Florida Doctors Say COVID Vaccines For Children Under 5 Could Be Delayed Across The State
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • CBS4: Gov. Ron DeSantis signs HB 1493 regarding Alachua County and twelve other bills. “Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 1493, which amends Alachua County’s Home Rule Charter to require election of …
Read More »The Point, June 20, 2022: A Florida Education Association Is Pushing Back On The State’s New “Anti-Woke” Law
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Florida higher education union decries new ‘anti-WOKE’ law. “In the wake of an anti-WOKE legislative session distinguished by controversial education bills, one Florida union representing university faculty members is pushing …
Read More »Florida higher education union decries new ‘anti-WOKE’ law
In the wake of an anti-WOKE legislative session distinguished by controversial education bills, one Florida union representing university faculty members is pushing back against a law going into effect July 1.
Read More »The Point, June 15, 2022: Remembering the rapid legislative changes that followed the Parkland shooting
NPR notes the quick unison that occurred in Tallahassee in 2018.
Read More »The Point, June 13, 2022: State acknowledges the Rodman Dam is at risk of breaching, a report shows
Our new special series, "High Hazard," begins today with this story.
Read More »High Hazard: State report shows risks of the aging Rodman Dam
A 261-page Florida Department of Environmental Protection dam safety report released in March has given the decades-long battle a renewed sense of urgency. What was once a low-hazard structure with no potential for death or flooding has changed as it’s aged.
Read More »Watch live: The Jan. 6 committee holds hearing
The House select committee on January 6 holds its first hearing on Thursday, in prime time at 8 p.m. EST, promising to weave together a narrative from the findings of its year-long probe with “previously unseen material” about the attack on the Capitol. Some committee members have teased that …
Read More »The Point, June 8, 2022: With youth violence rising, officials hope summer programming can help
Summer camp began in Hawthorne this week, a return of programming to the rural area after a decade.
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