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• WUFT News: These are some of the new laws are taking effect in Florida on July 1. "Florida has a series of new laws going into effect on July 1 including Dexter’s Law on animal cruelty to the Gulf of America in schools."
• WCJB: Gov. DeSantis vetoes North Central Florida projects in state budget. "According to the Governor’s Office, DeSantis’ line-item vetoes in the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year Budget totaled $567 million."
• Main Street Daily News: Shane Andrew named new principal at Santa Fe College charter school. "As the Academy of Science and Technology at Santa Fe College prepares to begin its third year this fall, it will do so under the direction of a new principal."
• WCJB: Several RTS bus routes changing as University of Florida summer B classes begin. "RTS leaders says these changes are tied to a reduction in funding from the University of Florida. The university has shifted some of its transportation focus to its own campus connector shuttle system."
• Main Street Daily News: Tom Petty Park improvements virtual workshop on tap for Wednesday. "The meeting will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. and will focus on the proposed parking lot enhancements, including: the addition of 41 parking spaces, a new sidewalk, associated stormwater conveyance and landscape improvements."
• WCJB: Hawthorne block party costs Alachua County Sheriff’s Office. "Blocking a public roadway is a violation of Florida law, which is why deputies posted on Facebook, telling people to vacate the roadway. If they didn’t, they could’ve faced legal consequences, including arrest."
• Gainesville Sun ($): System could stall over Florida. Fourth of July forecast for Gainesville. "A disturbance is expected to stall late this week of the southeastern coast of the United States and could lead to the formation of an area of low pressure over Florida by the holiday weekend."
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• Central Florida Public Media: Florida abortion numbers fall as national rates rise. "It’s been about three years since the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in the Dobbs case, which overturned Roe v Wade and allowed states to regulate access to abortions. But since then, abortion numbers have actually risen across the country."
• WUSF-Tampa: DeSantis signs a slimmed-down Florida budget into law after vetoing millions. "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a new nearly $115 billion state budget into law."
• News4Jax: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Trump to attend Everglades immigration detention center opening on Tuesday, DeSantis says. "The first detainees are expected to arrive on July 1."
• ABC Action News: Justice Department charges 19 in Florida amid national healthcare fraud crackdown. "The federal investigation by the Department of Justice in the Middle District of Florida resulted in criminal charges against 324 defendants."
• Tampa Bay Times ($): Why Rick Scott is a key player in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’. "Over the weekend, Rick Scott announced he would offer a key amendment to Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
• Fox 35 Orlando: Guinea pigs abandoned in Orlando spark rescue effort, search for homes. "Animal rescue groups are scrambling to find homes for dozens of guinea pigs after nearly 60 were found abandoned along a roadside in Orlando last week."
• WLRN-Miami: Cuban man, 75, dies under ICE custody at Miami-Dade's Krome Detention Center. "Cuban national Isidro Perez died in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, making him the fifth detainee to die in Florida this year."
• WFLA-Tampa: Coral reef cross-bred pilot program shows signs of success. "Scientists have successfully spawned a cross-bred coral and plan on planting them just off Biscayne Bay in Miami."
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Maria Avlonitis curated today's edition of The Point.