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A federal judge has blocked a 2023 Florida law that required municipal elected officials to disclose detailed information about their personal finances, ruling that the law likely violated First Amendment rights.
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U.S. Sen. Rick Scott called the verdict a “political witch hunt” U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson said it shows “our justice system at work.”
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There’s a movement to turn its public schools into charter schools and in April, an election for three of the five city commissioner positions were canceled when only the incumbents ran for office.
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Micanopy town officials are working to host a special election for commissioner seat No. 3, which was left vacant because no one filed to run for it.
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Gainesville's Hispanic community laments the lack of representation as the only Latina in the local government prepares to step down.
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When Waldo residents head to the polls on Election Day, it won't be to vote for anyone local. No one applied to oppose the incumbent city council members.
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UF is not the only university with a feral cat community. In fact, feral cats have stirred controversy in other countries as well, as a 2018 study by the University of New South Wales in Australia addressed its feline issues with a nine-year study that found TNR programs stabilize cat populations.
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Dubberly was first elected mayor in 1999 after serving on the town council for thirteen years prior. She said she has run unopposed ever since her initial election.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed a controversial measure that will bar selling or manufacturing lab-grown meat in Florida.
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A homeless encampment on Southeast Fourth Place received a notice April 24 from the City of Gainesville giving camp residents three days to remove all personal items from the public property.
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An Alachua County judge released all nine pro-Palestinian protesters from jail on Tuesday after their arrest on the University of Florida campus on Monday. The final protester to be released, UF student Allan Hektor Frasheri, posted bail and is facing a felony battery charge related to his arrest.
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At a joint meeting on Monday, the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners and the School Board of Alachua County discussed literacy, student homelessness, housing and gun violence.