The commissioners met this week for a special meeting to discuss the county’s solar policies. The conversation quickly centered around the tree coverage and buffer of these facilities.
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Over 500 marches nationwide took place Saturday in the wake of recent anti-abortion legislation in Mississippi and Texas. In Gainesville, hundreds of protesters took to the streets while Florida looks to soon face a similar anti-abortion law.
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The debate over the law focuses on whether social media platforms perform as common carriers, such as phone companies, which can be regulated by governments.
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Property owners will pay more than $9 million in taxes this year despite Alachua County commissioners voting to decrease the millage rate.
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DeSantis this week instructed Laurel Lee, Florida's Republican secretary of state, to investigate whether Facebook exempted some of its users from the platform's own rules, allowing them to post content that would otherwise be blocked or labeled as false.
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Gainesville Fire rescue held a push-in ceremony Tuesday. Ladder 9 is the newest quint fire truck with a 100-foot aerial ladder. It is capable of holding 500 gallons of water.
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The delegation, consisting of Sen. Keith Perry and Reps. Chuck Clemons, Chuck Brannan and Yvonne Hayes Hinson, also heard from local city and county officials asking for funding and support.
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For the past few months, Alachua County Public Schools, Gainesville and Alachua County have openly defied Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his approach to COVID-19 mandates.
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An NPR investigation found that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) disproportionately sells homes in flood zones to those in households with low incomes.
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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, heirs’ property is “the leading cause of Black involuntary land loss.” African Americans, who once owned 15 million acres, lost up to 90 % of their land from 1910-2007.
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