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Transgender Floridians Are Being Denied Updated Birth Certificates
Without public notice or a new law, residents face an opaque process that seems designed to reject all applicants.
Florida Ban on Protections for Outdoor Workers Goes Into Effect Amid Record Heat
The same interests lobbying against heat protection for workers also pushed to roll back child labor protections.
Health Experts Wary of New Florida Law Allowing C-Sections Outside of Hospitals
A private equity-owned physicians group lobbied the state legislature to promote “advanced birth centers.”
Abortion Wait Times in Southeast Have Soared Following Florida’s 6-Week Ban
Before the ban, the average Florida resident lived 20 miles from a clinic. Now, it's 590 miles.
Far Right Billionaires Are Waging a War to Capture State Courts
Florida’s abortion ban is just one recent outcome of right-wing billionaires’ effort to capture state courts nationwide.
Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Weakening Climate Regulations, Expanding Fossil Fuel Use
Critics lambasted the governor for enacting policies that are “not acting in the best interests of Floridians.”
Florida’s 6-Week Abortion Ban Is Taking Effect This Week
As a six-week ban is set to begin, a majority of Floridians say they back expanding, not restricting, abortion rights.
From Florida to Australia, Global Coral Bleaching Could Soon Be Worst on Record
Coral reefs are a reliable gauge of climate disruption, and 90 percent of global warming is occurring in the oceans.
FL Senate’s Tampa Bay Maps Are Racial Gerrymander, Residents Allege in Lawsuit
The lawsuit claims Black voters were “packed” into one district, diluting their ability to influence outcomes elsewhere.
Money’s Getting Tight for Abortion Travel Funders as Florida, Arizona Bans Loom
With people needing to travel greater distances, abortion access funders worry their travel budgets will fall short.