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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I grew up in a large suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, where my family was one of three Jewish households in the area. We are Reform Jews. At most, we attended temple five times a year, only when we had to. We celebrated Christmas because we liked Santa and tinseled …
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On Jan. 1, Cenergistic will begin to implement a plan to reduce the energy used by county buildings. The commission hopes to reduce energy spending by 20-25%.
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One man now has more than $500,000 in fines and liens on his two properties in the City of Gainesville.
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On the street adjacent, the sounds of the trencher digging can be clearly heard, while smoke and cement smells are potent.
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Kratom is a legal substance that can be bought at gas stations, smoke shops, kava bars or online. Testimonials from some who have used it and results from preclinical studies suggest that it helps to alleviate pain and manage symptoms of opioid withdrawal, but the unregulated sale of the drug may be encouraging its recreational use as well.
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The Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing for 7 p.m. to mark up the legislation by which the House could then impeach President Trump, possibly by Christmas.
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Kat Cammack announced Thursday her campaign to run for Florida’s 3rd Congressional District seat.
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Calling it one of the largest youth-led “strikes” ever, The New York Times reported that over 100,000 people attended rallies in Berlin, Melbourne and London.
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A grassroots education coalition aims to have it used in after-school programs in the county, in an effort to help improve literacy rates and close the resulting racial disparity.
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For two Florida friends, a last chance to kill an elusive beast.
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By Melissa Ross, Brendan Rivers & Bill Bortzfield Long before rising seas permanently swamp homes, millions of Americans living in coastal communities will likely face more frequent and disruptive high-tide flooding — and the effects will ripple through the local economy. As the flooding increases over time, coastal residents will be forced to make difficult and costly choices. And if home values decline, an eroding property tax base would jeopardize funding for local services and infrastructure, such as roads, schools, and
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By Brendan Rivers In the Tampa Bay area, Pinellas County is teaching real estate agents how to field questions about flooding — an increasingly common concern when homebuyers talk to Realtors. “They really are the boots on the ground for all of the floodplain managers everywhere,” said Lisa Foster, the county’s floodplain administrator. She developed the Real Estate Flood Disclosure training program, a first of its kind in Florida. Realtors are eager, she said, to take the classes on everything
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By Brendan Rivers Sea level rise and other effects of climate change are now adding to the list of challenges facing some of Florida’s smallest residents: rare birds. On the St. Marys River in Northeast Florida, just a stone’s throw from the Georgia border in Yulee, the nonprofit White Oak Conservation Foundation is breeding and researching wildlife. You were introduced to some of its residents if you watched the last season of Game of Thrones — though you wouldn’t have
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By Heather Schatz After last year’s Hurricane Michael decimated parts of the Florida Panhandle, North Florida’s building codes are getting renewed scrutiny. Increasingly, all Florida residents need homes that can stand up to the strongest storms, and they increasingly want those homes to come with environmentally sustainable features and building methods. Enter Palm Beach Gardens-based Green Dwellings. Karen Adams is the custom home builder’s CEO. Melissa Ross: What goes into Green Dwellings? Karen Adams: The homes are unique in that
Read More »A massive legal battle is unfolding in tiny Union County over a pending phosphate mining plan.
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The city's concerns were raised, but not much was decided upon during the meeting.
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Alachua County had one of the highest food insecurity rates in the state in 2017 at nearly 20%, according to a study done by the organization Feeding America.
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Terminal expansions are expected to be completed by 2021.
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Now founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University in Washington, he visited Gainesville to promote his latest book “How to Be an Antiracist.”
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The final day of the this round of impeachment hearings takes place on Capitol Hill. That and more in 90 seconds.
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Two more witnesses will sit before the Intelligence Committee in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump. That and more in 90 seconds.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis in June signed a law banning sanctuary cities in Florida. One man's deportation case followed shortly thereafter.
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Ocala is seeing a rise in gun violence. That and more in 90 seconds.
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Ten candidates are taking the stage for the November Democratic Debate in Atlanta, amid public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. NPR reporters will be providing fact checks and analysis throughout the debate. Follow along.
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An Alachua County couple sees through "community water test" survey kits, which are not an official warning of water quality issues, according to the County health department. The kits were distributed by The Science of Water LLC, a private water treatment company.
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A multi-family phosphate mining company is suing Union County for $298.75 million because of the county’s recent land-use limitations.
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Before the mining process can begin, owners must conduct wildlife surveys, relocate threatened and endangered species and clear the property.
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The subcommittee concluded that its staff needs to have recommendations of how to reach its goal within 90 days of the meeting.
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A hit-and-run incident in a quiet Newberry neighborhood, which snowballed into a federal court case, has illuminated the stepped-up enforcement against illegal immigration in Alachua County and across Florida.
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Gainesville Regional Utilities plans to create a solar plant as a step to reach one hundred percent renewable energy by 2045. That and more in 90 seconds.
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With a loan of $1 million and outside fundraising, the Alachua Conservation Trust is just shy of its goal to save Orange Lake Overlook.
Read More »In an incredible video story, one of our reporters shows what it's like for a group of immigrant workers to try to build a life in Immokalee.
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One of Gainesville's most delayed restaurant openings could come to fruition in early 2020.
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Teachers are taking the streets of Indiana today to fight for better wages and legislative action. That and more in 90 seconds.
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Though the project took longer than expected, visitors can now say the process was delayed, but never denied.
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The proposal is an initial step as lawmakers prepare to negotiate a 2020-2021 budget during the legislative session that starts Jan. 14.
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Gainesville Regional Utilities is looking to add a new solar plant with hopes of supporting the Gainesville City Commission's resolution for 100% renewable energy by 2045.
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Deputies arrest more than 100 people in connection to a five month undercover human trafficking investigation. That and more in 90 seconds.
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It’s been 20 years since Antonia Rios left Oaxaca for the United States. She believed her hometown in southern Mexico offered no future to raise a family as she wanted.
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Up to 25 teams from eight regions across the U.S. will compete at Ocala Rotary Sportsplex to be the last rookie team standing in the league’s Cal Ripken Division.
Read More »Sheriff's Office deputies say the Gainesville man confessed to killing them, though his case has moved slowly these past 12 months in circuit criminal court.
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The 4As town hall meeting at the Alachua County Health Department was designed as a moment to bring everyone up to speed on the latest in East Gainesville development and help bridge a division between city and county leaders.
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The UN reports that the US has the highest number of children held in detentions. That and more in 90 seconds.
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Banes, who knew Smith before his brain surgeries, said his persistence in his art is a prime example of one of GROW Hub's goals: convincing the community people with disabilities can be a valuable part of the workforce.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday proposed a $91.4 billion state budget for next year, touting plans to funnel more money to public-school teachers and continue “momentum” on environmental issues.
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Two UF researchers worked with the World Health Organization and researchers around the world to develop and test the vaccine.
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Four people are dead and six others are injured after a shooting in Fresno, CA. That and more in 90 seconds. Morning News in 90, November 18, 2019 / WUFT News
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A year ago, husband and father Paul Williams was charged with the murders of his wife and daughter.
Read More »The ratio of people in Bay County renting housing versus those owning has just about flipped in the year or so since Hurricane Michael.
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