The Gainesville Police Department is working on a program to keep individuals with minor misdemeanors away from the criminal justice system and decrease court cases.
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If passed, the proposed bill would require the parents or legal guardians of students institutionalized under the Baker Act to be notified prior to the student’s transportation to a receiving facility. If the student’s parent or guardian is unable to be reached, law enforcement agents are advised to proceed as usual.
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Some six thousand miles separate the cities of Gainesville, Florida, and Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq, but the two are ready to reignite a long-distance friendship.
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After years of planning and months of building, the new Alachua County and Agriculture and Equestrian Center in Newberry opened Saturday with the annual Alachua County Youth Fair and Livestock Show.
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Alachua County insurance agents are on a mission to help residents get insured as a special enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act is underway.
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The initial visibility of its most prominent efforts so far will appear in the coming months, when it helps to add more summer programming in the county at a cost of $500,000.
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The state Senate and House gaveled into session with members donning face masks on the floors of their respected chambers. Bouquets festooned House desks and the dais of the Senate floor.
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Key distribution for new lockers for the downtown Gainesville homeless community begins this week.
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At the end of 2018, St. Michael’s Episcopal Church was torn down before a meeting that could have marked it as a historic landmark and preserved it for at least one year.
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The urban management plan includes seven public policy action items aimed at proposing land development code amendments.
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