Senator Book is the 2018 recipient of the L’Oreal Paris/Glamour Magazine “Heroes Among Us” Award, presented at the Glamour Magazine annual Women of the Year Summit and Awards Ceremony in New York City on Monday, November 12, 2018.
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Episode 10 of Unvarnished is a special episode featuring a story from our host, Taylor Williams. Her story walks the listener down sidewalks in New York and through her journey to becoming a feminist.
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Florida's lucrative strawberry industry is in danger as Mexico imports cheap produce into the United States. Farmers have immense financial stress on them as they must lower their prices to stay competitive.
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Twenty residents of the Northwood Pines and Northwood Oaks neighborhoods attended the two-hour meeting at the Senior Recreation Center to have their voices heard.
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CHW Professional Consults held a neighborhood workshop Wednesday to discuss a proposed Development Plan and a Special Use Permit application on six acres of land.
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The panel — titled “Transparency: Physiology, Wellness & Beyond in the Trans Community” — was one part of an event planned by Joslyn Ahlgren, the University of Florida’s undergraduate program coordinator in applied physiology and kinesiology.
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This was the first mission for the company's commercial crew program, which, if successful, could soon ferry American astronauts to space in an American-made vessel for the first time since the end of NASA's shuttle program in 2011.
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Attorney General William Barr delivers a press conference at the Justice Department ahead of the expected release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. A redacted version of the report is expected to be released on Thursday.
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About 150 students, Gainesville residents and community leaders gathered around a prayer mat, listened in silence and held carnations in their hands as a University of Florida student sang. The words were meant to comfort in times of mourning.
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The First Arts Academy will offer private lessons to children who want to learn to sing, dance, perform theatre or play an instrument.
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Twenty residents of the Northwood Pines and Northwood Oaks neighborhoods attended the two-hour meeting at the Senior Recreation Center to have their voices heard.
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Gainesville is the first Florida city to have a participatory defense hub. Tennessee, Alabama, California, Pennsylvania and New York are among other states with the community-driven initiative.
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Florida state Sen. Lauren Book in February filed a bill that will require the Florida Building Commission to incorporate baby-changing tables into the Florida Building Code requirements.
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After 17 years as president of Santa Fe College, Jackson Sasser reflects on his long, eventful career. For him, retirement is just around the corner.
Read More »The National Transportation Board released new details about a deadly car crash near Gainesville that killed 7 people in January. That and more in 90 seconds.
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WUFT journalists look into the unseen trauma of weathering a storm like last year’s Category 4 Hurricane Michael, which devastated the Florida Panhandle.
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Seventy organizations that make up Rebuild Bay County put on a 'Pray for Bay' event to remind people in the area that they haven't been forgotten six months after Hurricane Michael. Bay County suffered severe destruction as a result of the Hurricane and still has a long way to go to recover.
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The Cardwells were one of the first families to test out the new construction at Roger's Farm.
Read More »A House committee has not yet considered the appropriations request.
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Hundreds of Hurricane Michael evacuees are left stranded after FEMA ends it's Transitional Sheltering Assistance program.
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The children killed included Joel Cloud and Jeremiah Warren, both 14; Cierra Bordelan, 9; Cara Descant, 13 and Brieana Descant, 10.
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City of Alachua elections were held Tuesday to decide the Mayoral and City Commissioner seats resulting in a runoff between Pelham and Coerper for mayor, and Wilford with the Commissioner seat 2.
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Florida considered paying $250,000 to a former used car salesman in Kansas – with tax liens and a history of bankruptcy, failed business ventures, legal problems and millions of dollars in past-due debts over the last decade – to develop new digital license plate technology for cars and trucks in the Sunshine State.
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With the highest number of concealed weapon permits in the nation, Florida is on the brink of granting authority to the state's 2 million civilians with valid concealed weapons licenses the right to lawfully carry guns in public.
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The City of Alachua elections finished closer than expected. That and more in 90 seconds.
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Ashley Conner survived Hurricane Michael, but many of her neighbors didn't get off so easy. Now, she tells their stories for them, hoping to bring more light to the situation in the Florida Panhandle.
Read More »Both public safety topics were on the commission's agenda yesterday.
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Alachua County Commissioners on Tuesday heard at least one conclusion they already knew: Interstate 75's passage through the county is a double-edged sword.
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Eight high-profile dog attacks in the past eight months led Tuesday to the Alachua County Commission taking action.
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The Golden Peanut Co. branch in High Springs, Florida, locked its doors on Friday after 84 years of buying, drying and shipping peanuts across the southeastern United States.
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WUFT Morning Edition host, Glenn Richards, talks with guitarist/composer Nels Cline, probably best known as …
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Hundreds of families in Bay County will soon lose their temporary housing. That and more in 90 seconds.
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Alachua and Newberry hold their city elections today. That and more in 90 seconds.
Read More »Recreational marijuana was shut down this year in the state House and did not receive a hearing.
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Two upcoming hi-tech test projects could improve traffic flow and increase safety around the University of Florida’s main campus.
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The U.S. labels the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps as a terrorist organization. That and more in 90 seconds.
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The event, put on by the Centers, aimed to bring awareness to the many children in Marion County who struggle with mental health issues and disabilities.
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The 17-foot long python is the longest snake found in the Big Cypress National Preserve. That and more in 90 seconds.
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Santa Fe College’s annual Spring Arts Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary on Saturday and Sunday in Gainesville’s downtown historic district.
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Florida lawmakers postponed legislation that would allow teachers to train to carry concealed guns while at work.
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Firefighter Joey Malphurs is pushing for a bill that would help cover firefighters across the state who develop one of 21 kinds of cancer. The bill, HB 857, has 70 co-sponsors in the Florida House.
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Eight cities in Florida are also part of the campaign including Orlando, Punta Gorda and Palm Beach.
Read More »Alachua County commissioners tomorrow night are discussing an ordinance regarding irresponsible pet owners.
Read More »Rogers Farm adds an accessible strawberry patch for those with disabilities. That and more in 90 seconds.
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Gainesville will wait for Alachua County to vote on an irresponsible pet owner ordinance Tuesday before deciding how to best deal with the recent spate of dog attacks plaguing the community.
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South Korea launches the first 5G network.
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