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** The One-Minute Meeting
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A court hearing on access to an abortion drug in Texas could have repercussions for the whole country. A federal judge on Tuesday seemed open to claims by abortion opponents that the Food and Drug Administration did not properly vet a commonly used abortion pill two decades ago. The judge says he will rule soon on whether to issue a national ban on mifepristone. One other drug could be used for abortions, even if the judge issues the ban. But that drug, misoprostol, is not as effective when used on its own. Pharmacies nationwide have stockpiled mifepristone but may not be allowed to dispense it if the judge shuts them down. This issue almost certainly will take a couple of years to wind its way through federal courts.

AM radio, once the backbone of America’s news and entertainment world, is slowly getting pushed aside by car companies, especially the makers of electric cars. Some electric vehicles no longer include AM radios because the manufacturers say the electric car systems interfere with AM radio signals. Emergency coordinators say it is a bad idea to phase out AM radio because it has the capacity to reach practically every community in America in the event of a national emergency.

I also want to tell you about one other once-common practice that is being phased out. Local governments used to have to place public notices in local newspapers. Those legal notices cover everything from rezoning requests to public hearings and have become a reliable and important revenue stream for newspapers at a time when traditional advertising is less reliable. Local and state governments want to publish the notices online and not pay newspapers to publish the messages. Newspapers say they have better archives. But state after state is moving away from paying for public notices.
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