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It’s poised to slow down an already overwhelmed system with repercussions expected to ripple for years.
Read More »Virus Concerns Effectively Shut Down Overwhelmed US Immigration Courts
What You Need To Do To Get Your Government Stimulus Check
The IRS and the Treasury Department say Americans will start receiving their economic impact checks in the next three weeks. The payments are part of the $2.2 trillion rescue package signed into law last week by President Donald Trump aimed at combating the economic ravages of the coronavirus outbreak. Most people don’t …
Read More »Senate Reaches Historic Deal On $2 Trillion Coronavirus Economic Rescue Package
Congressional leaders announced an agreement to fund cash payments to Americans, bailouts for key industries and aid to the health care industry.
Read More »Joe Biden Wins Florida Democratic Primary As Coronavirus Disrupts Voting
The former vice president’s victories were another blow to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose early strength has evaporated as African Americans and working-class whites across the country have sided with Biden.
Read More »Gainesville Leaders Consider The Progress Of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream
The evening's headline speaker said the racial disparity in income and housing is proof that King’s dream hasn’t been fulfilled.
Read More »House Democrats To Begin Amending Impeachment Articles Wednesday Evening
The Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing for 7 p.m. to mark up the legislation by which the House could then impeach President Trump, possibly by Christmas.
Read More »What A Handful Of Florida Politicians, Past And Present, Think Of The 2019 Impeachment Inquiry
Florida's politicians are picking sides.
Read More »‘Grain by Grain’: Bob Quinn Visits Gainesville to Share the Power of Organic Farming
Bob Quinn so believes in the power of organic farming that he once sent some of his farm’s own wheat to an ailing woman who he believed needed only toxin-free food. Quinn, an organic farmer from Montana, spoke of that and other farming experiences as part of his book tour …
Read More »UF Students Protest Donald Trump Jr.’s Visit to Campus
ACCENT, a part of the UF student government, is paying Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle $50,000 from student activity fees.
Read More »President Trump’s Medicare Executive Order Produces Mixed Reactions In The Villages
The executive order will expand privatized health care.
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