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Duke Energy's franchise agreement with the City of Clearwater comes to a close at year's end, Clearwater is contemplating dumping Duke in favor of forming a municipal electric utility, owned and operated by the City, to benefit from lower electric bills and better reliability and services.

Medicare healthcare options change every year. FLORIDA SHINE counselors are available to help you select the best healthcare plan for you.

Your mid-week, mid-morning source for local and statewide news and public affairs from a local perspective.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Dr. Tara O'Connor, medical oncologist, joined MidPoint to discuss breast cancer advancements in prevention, diagnosis and treatments.

Following the assassination of conservative rightwing activist Charlie Kirk last week, some Florida employees, both public and private, have been investigated and disciplined for statements they made in their own social media channels about the death of Kirk. Are there limits to employees' free speech in the workplace?

MidPoint discussed the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and Florida's law and proposal to ban mandatory vaccines for public school children.

Dr. Renata Bozetto of FLIC explains how immigrants contribute to our communities and how the Florida Immigrant Coalition provides help to detainees and their families.

Environmental advocates discuss their win of court order to close Alligator Alcatraz because the government failed to comply with federal environmental laws. Florida has 60 days to dismantle the site. The order is on appeal and DHS vows to return immigrants to the site if they win.

Florida has been the laboratory for the autocracy we are seeing in America today. The efforts of the post-WW II Johns Committee in the Florida Legislature provided the blueprint for DeSantis-ism and even Trumpism.

Local Ukrainian-American sees no possibility of a land swap to end the war in Ukraine. He says Ukraine will not and can not cede territory to Russia, especially not in exchange for dubious security guarantees that Russia has violated in the past..