Since then, a camp has grown at old Fire Station 1, a city property slated for redevelopment. Tents of all sizes, makeshift bikes and art projects, and a table with food, drinks, clothes and hygiene products all sit on the driveway of old Fire Station 1 in downtown Gainesville. The …
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Newberry still wants to work with Alachua County to place a rural collection center in the city, City Manager Mike New said.
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The budget proposal comes at a time where many are worried local economies are suffering from the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Gainesville City Commission is closer to allowing public drinking on the city’s sidewalks permanently.
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In December of 2016, Mayor Lauren Poe proclaimed Gainesville a "Welcoming City" — Florida's first. But when criteria was developed the next year for cities to become certified as welcoming, local immigration advocates discovered the city was far from meeting them.
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Construction of the new sports complex is expected to begin in September with an estimated completion date of early 2023.
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TALLAHASSEE — During an at-times heated meeting on Wednesday, the State Board of Education adopted new curriculum standards for civics, government and Holocaust education, along with updates to other subject areas. The revised civic education standards will, in part, require public school students to “study primary source documents to understand …
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Here's how the majority of the funding breaks down in our coverage area.
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As the investigation continues into the deadly condominium collapse in Surfside, a top Republican Florida House leader said Monday that lawmakers don’t need to make immediate changes to state building codes.
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On Confederate Memorial Day in 1924, the cornerstone was laid for a monument that, nearly a century later, has caused a twisting, emotional, yearlong debate in Putnam County with no clear end in sight.
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