Government and politics

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Gainesville and the Alachua County Health Care Advisory Board are requesting grant money from the county to fund physical and mental health services.

In a closely watched case about how to apply a constitutional amendment that expanded victims’ rights, a Leon County circuit judge on Thursday agreed to at least temporarily keep secret the identities of two Tallahassee police officers involved in use-of-force incidents.

Florida tallied on Thursday a new record high in daily confirmed COVID-19 deaths for the third straight day as the state faces pressure to outline new measures to combat the pandemic.

The Gainesville City Commission is inching closer to providing high-speed, low-cost internet access for local businesses and residents amid unexpected changes caused by COVID-19 and legal qualms.

State officials reported that revenues posted in June were more than $427 million under estimate, even as the state's economy began reopening.

As a result of COVID-19 closures and other changes, several Gainesville-area polling places are different in next month's primary election.

A day after rejecting an offer of contrition from Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., who represents the Gainesville area, for his language during this week's Capitol steps confrontation, Ocasio-Cortez and more than a dozen colleagues cast the incident as all-too-common behavior by men, including Trump and other Republicans.

Delegates to the convention will still meet in North Carolina as planned, but Trump's keynote Jacksonville speech will no longer take place.

The subcommittee tentatively agreed to meet again in September, with this idea likely coming up for discussion soon at a full City Commission meeting.

Rep. Ted Yoho of Florida, who represents the Gainesville area, is denying aiming a sexist slur at the freshman New York lawmaker.