Members of the Gainesville Immigrant Neighbor Inclusion (GINI) steering committee are making progress on two policy proposals: a language access plan and an expansion of a community ID program. The city allocated $7 million out of the $32 million from the American Rescue Plan for nonprofits.
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City commissioners met Thursday to discuss ending the program after recent struggles to recruit new members.
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Facebook’s rank-and-file employees warned their leaders about the company’s effects on society and politics in the United States. And they say its inability to effectively moderate content has magnified those dangers, both in the U.S. and abroad. Those are two of the main takeaways from thousands of internal Facebook documents …
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UF Health is requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the 2021 calendar year.
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The city of Gainesville is looking to hire a climate change officer to help combat and reduce climate impact.
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Gainesville residents will be able to be more hands-on in the city commission’s redistricting efforts this redistricting cycle.
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Officials are starting the redistricting process after the 2020 Census, and for the first time, any resident can join. The City of Gainesville is encouraging people to propose new district lines using a map-drawing tool.
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In this episode of The Lede, we take a look at students who are gaining an understanding of local civic duties, we speak with an expert about COVID-19 virus cases declining and we bring you the first installment of The Slap Shot.
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Sheila Payne, the coalition’s housing director, said Collier and other landlords have denied potential tenants with legal housing vouchers and blocked current tenants from using the assistance program’s funds to pay for rent. This would violate a city ordinance prohibiting landlords from discriminating against any “lawful source of income.”
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Hurricane Irma left a family’s home beyond repair in 2017. The damages caused moisture to accumulate over the years, creating a severe mold problem that has gotten progressively worse. Now, they are calling on Alachua County to reverse an old rule so that they can replace their mold-infested home.
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