Bully prevention was on the minds of President Barack Obama and the First Lady today, as they addressed the problem during a conference. President Obama says children shouldn’t have to accept bullying as an inevitable part of growing up. Susan Garcia is the Coordinator for Partners in Adolescent Lifestyle Support, …

Triple-A is putting laws to ban texting while driving, and teen driver safety as top priorities for its 2011 legislative agenda. Triple-A Spokeswoman Karen Morgan says Triple-A Auto Club South conducted a public affairs survey to Floridians to help pinpoint key traffic safety issues, one of which is texting and …

The Florida Supreme Court says Governor Rick Scott does have the authority to kill a proposed Central Florida high speed rail line. There was a a bipartisan suit against Scott’s refusal of the federal funds. The Florida Supreme Court gave the case priority because the U.S. Transportation Secretary gave Scott …

Despite continued protests, the Coalition to End Meal Limits NOW is concerned that not enough of the city’s homeless are getting food. The group even went so far as to give the City Commission a mock “Oscar” for “Best Fantasy.” Gainesville City Commissioner Thomas Hawkins says the limit has Gainesville’s …

On Thursday, the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office as well as members of the honor guard and other personnel will be joining the family of a fallen soldier to escort Corporal Jonathan Taylor’s body through Brooksville and up into the County. Citrus County Sheriff’s Office Spokeswoman Heather Yates says the procession …

Many people attended a lecture titled “The Havana Cigar Goes Global” Wednesday night on the University of Florida Campus. The 2011 Bacardi Family Lecture had a great turnout as it looked into the significance, history, and future of the Havana cigar. Jean Stubbs is the University of Florida Center for …

Alachua County School Board members held a meeting Tuesday night and a topic of discussion was Governor Rick Scott’s proposed budget plan. With the state of Florida facing the largest budget cut in history, education programs alone will suffer more than $3.3 billion in cuts. Alachua County School Board Member …

The Best Picture win for the nationally acclaimed “The King’s Speech” is giving attention to speaking disorders. WUFT-FM’s Chris Day reports. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/Kingsspeech.mp3]

As the debate surrounding healthcare continues, the Huda Center in Gainesville has decided to open a free health care clinic, to give medical attention to those who need it most. As Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Sarah Kassem reports, the Islamic community in Gainesville hopes this helps people in need, and also …

Governor Scott is recommending repealing the prescription drug tracking system. The program is designed to monitor prescription activity to prevent pill mills and drug abuse. Local pharmacists Paul Doering says he is very disappointed in this decision https://filsonhistorical.org/mr-skygak-from-mars/ because prescription abuse is a growing problem in Florida. “At first I …