The Florida Supreme Court was confronted Friday with whether to overrule broad abortion rights protections provided for decades under the state constitution and instead uphold a law signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that bans the procedure in most cases after 15 weeks of pregnancy. If the 15-week ban remains …
Read More »The Point, Aug. 23, 2023: Alachua County ends meat processing plant plans
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • Mainstreet Daily News: Split BOCC kills meat processing plans. “The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) ordered staff to stop all work on a county-owned meat processing center, killing the controversial …
Read More »The Point, July 10, 2023: 6 cases of malaria in Sarasota County
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Alachua County realtor, veteran enters treatment court after threatening city commission officials. “A Gainesville man will enter a diversionary veterans treatment court after threatening Gainesville city commissioners via email and …
Read More »Supreme Court to hear abortion case in September
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear arguments Sept. 8 in a case that could play a major role in the future of abortion rights in the state. The court issued an order scheduling a hearing in a challenge to a 2022 law that prevented …
Read More »The Point, June 23, 2023: What Florida’s abortion law looks like a year after Roe overturning
The state supreme court will decide whether it stays at 15 weeks or goes to six weeks.
Read More »The Point, May 17, 2023: Three teenagers charged as adults in Marion County murders
One of them is 12 years old.
Read More »Here’s how 18 big issues settled from the 2023 Florida legislative session
TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers ended the 2023 legislative session Friday. During the 60-day session, the Republican-controlled House and Senate passed numerous high-profile bills that lined up with priorities of Gov. Ron DeSantis. Here are snapshots of 18 different issues, with links to relevant WUFT coverage over the past several months: …
Read More »Florida clinics say privacy clause protects abortion rights
TALLAHASSEE — With the future of abortion rights in Florida potentially hinging on the case, attorneys for abortion clinics and a doctor are pushing back against arguments that the state Supreme Court should reject decades of legal precedents about a privacy clause in the Florida Constitution. The attorneys late Friday …
Read More »The Point, April 25, 2023: COVID-19 made tracking elder abuse harder
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: The Rise of the Red. “The Williston Middle High School Red Devils football team went 1-8 in the 2021 football season. They also averaged about 30 fans a game according …
Read More »The Point, April 18, 2023: Activists decry Florida plan to use mining waste in roads
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Two people hospitalized following collision on West University Avenue. “Two people were taken to the hospital around 6 p.m. Monday after the driver of a red Ford F-150 truck lost …
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