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Treating Tampa Bay's "Forever Chemicals" in Our Drinking Water

The EPA has recently set limits on PFAS hazardous "forever chemicals" in our drinking water supply. Find out from our local water quality experts how our water utilities plan to remove PFAS from our drinking water, who will pay for it, and what you can do to avoid PFAS at home. ....

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Florida's Social Media Ban Makes Strange Bedfellows

Out, queer Democratic FL Rep. Michele Rayner joined Republican House Speaker Paul Renner to support a ban on social media access for kids under 16 years old. Now, she and her peers, like Tsi Day Smyth of Voices of SW Florida, a Black & queer-led advocacy group dedicated to human rights and reproductive freedom, are at odds. ....

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MidPoint: Homeless Camps and Other Legislative Plans

On MidPoint with Shelley Reback, and today's co-host Maj Vasigh, we review some of the more significant legislative proposals that are moving forward in the legislature and our listeners chime in.  Of special interest is the governor's proposal to criminalize sleeping in public spaces and to create homeless camps throughout the state with security, sanitation, and access to behavioral health services. Although the governor has said the legislation is still a "work in progress," he endorsed its primary goal of moving homeless people off the public streets and out of the parks. ....

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Abortion On The Ballot?

A panel of Attorneys and Organizers from Floridians Protecting Freedom, the coalition of advocacy groups promoting the abortion rights FL Constitutional Amendment, are with us to discuss the referendum’s path through collecting petition signatures to the Florida Supreme Court to our ballots. ....

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