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The Sunshine State has been a comparative haven for abortion access in the South. That’s about to change dramatically.

With abortions in Duval County rising over the last three years, two bills banning abortion at 15 weeks move quickly through the Florida Legislature.

Women who are Black, low-income or lack high school education may be disproportionately affected by Florida's proposed 15-week abortion ban.

Women who are Black, low-income or lack high school education may be disproportionately affected by Florida's proposed 15-week abortion ban.

Gov. DeSantis appoints two to Judicial Nomination Commissions Gov.  The Governor appointed Ashley S. Hodson to the 12th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission and reappointed Andrew B. Pickett to the 18th Circuit Judicial Nomination Commission. Hodson’s appointment is for a term ending July 2023, while Pickett’s term will expire July 2024. JNCs, composed of lawyers and non-lawyers, are responsible for interviewing candidates and drafting a list of nominees when vacancies open on the benc...

Should you take advantage? >> yeah. the credit card issuing community now that they have fully absorbed the card act in dodd frank are realizing they need to get back to business. one of the ways they get back to business is to focus on consumers other than the fico750 and above which means theyre going deeper and deeper into the risk pool which means theyre mailing pretty aggressive offers to consumers who even 12 to 24 months ago were not having any access to capital or any access to credit ca...

We have a process in place that parallels and is similar to what we do to remove felons, people that are deceased and mentally incompetent. its important that we maintain our voter rolls and that theyre clean and all eligible voters are permitted to vote come election day. > >> eric: do you think non-citizens, people who are not citizens of the country, have been voting in elections in florida? >> i havent seen any evidence of that to date, and in fact, part of the process of removing these indi...

Make sense that you could have access to check if folks are who they say they are when they go to the polls. >> absolutely. thats -- thats the foundation of our government. its what gives individuals credibility about our process, and thats what we need to do going forward. im hopeful that save and the homeland security will grant our requests in the very, very near future. >> eric: what happens if they dont? >> if they dont, well proceed with the databases that we have. well proceed forward. we...