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From signing up for the right credit card to paying off debt to navigating a financial crisis — managing money is a lot easier with a little know-how.

State Rep. Anna Eskamani’s name has been floated as a potential gubernatorial candidate. The Orlando-area Democrat is non-committal on if or when she’ll declare a candidacy, but she’s spoken out on the need for her party to course correct to start winning elections- and is channeling the kind of movement that Stacey Abrams adopted in Georgia. Eskamani joins Intersection to discuss voter accessibility, money in politics and reforming the unemployment system.

The Labor Department says about 1.9 million people filed for unemployment last week, but there are some signs that people may be returning to their jobs.

Washington, D.C., is the latest city to consider banning businesses from rejecting cash. Opponents of cashless stores say they discriminate against low-income, homeless and undocumented people.

The number of uninsured children across the country increased for the first time in almost a decade according to a new report released today. Three quarters of children who lost their insurance lived in states like Florida that didn’t expand Medicaid.

The University of Central Florida has raised more than 180 million dollars in research grants so far this year. It will mostly support research projects in the sciences and engineering.