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The Gainesville City Commission is closer to allowing public drinking on the city’s sidewalks permanently.
Read More »Gainesville City Commission Approves First Reading Of Open Container Ordinance
Gainesville Fire Rescue Aids Surfside Rescue Effort, Returns To Gainesville
Following the collapse of a condominium building in Surfside, Florida, a rescue task force — including members of Gainesville Fire Rescue — was sent to aid the rescue effort June 27.
Read More »A Year Before The Filing Deadline For Governor, Candidates File
Ten candidates have filed to take over Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office in Tallahassee a year before the filing deadline. This is higher than past years.
Read More »Florida Governor Won’t Consent To Drop Felony Charges In Voter Hacking Case
Gov. Ron DeSantis does not agree to drop criminal charges against the man accused of hacking the Florida governor's voter registration file ahead of the 2020 election.
Read More »Judge Declines To Force Florida Governor To Testify At Hacking Trial Over Altered Voting Records
Anthony Steven Guevara, 20, of Naples was charged Oct. 28 – days before the 2020 election – with unauthorized computer access and altering someone else’s voter registration without their permission, both felonies.
Read More »Top Florida Law Official Describes ‘Extremely Lax’ Security At Hacked Water Plant
A top Florida law enforcement official told Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state leaders Tuesday that “extremely lax” security at a municipal water plant northwest of Tampa allowed hackers to break into its computers to try to poison residents earlier this year. The head of the Florida Department of Law …
Read More »‘Calamitous Reality’: Florida Governor Speaks On Virus, Vaccines, Elections And Black Lives Matter To Open 2021 Session
In his annual State of the State address on the opening day of Florida’s Legislature, DeSantis said the economy was better than expected here despite the pandemic, with most public school classrooms open for students, most businesses up and running and efforts focused on vaccinating the elderly.
Read More »Judge Defers Ordering Return Of Computers, Phone To Self-Described COVID Whistleblower
Rebekah Jones, 31, is suspected by authorities of hacking into a state emergency health network to transmit a message taunting the governor.
Read More »Ahead Of Christmas, A 3-Year Prison Sentence In Fatal Drunken Driving Crash
Adam J. Mandel, 20, of Weston also lost his driver’s license for life under the sentence imposed by Alachua Circuit Judge Mark Moseley.
Read More »Florida Police Raid Home Of Pandemic Whistleblower In Investigation Of Illicit Message Transmitted Over Government Network
In court papers, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said technical logs from the incident included an internet address for a residential online account that traced back to Rebekah Jones' home in Tallahassee.
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