Find out what local amendments will be on your 2020 general election ballot.
Read More »Smaller Cities Spar With Alachua County Over Proposed County Growth Management Area Amendment
Multiple cities have formed resolutions against the amendment, and some have filed suit.
Read More »Justices Look Again At High-Stakes Marijuana Case
The Florida Supreme Court heard a second round of arguments in a challenge to a state law aimed at implementing a constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana.
Read More »Alachua County To Receive Next $9M CARES Act Funding Wave
The money will be used to boost community programs and businesses.
Read More »Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87
Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, died from complications from cancer. Her death will set in motion what promises to be a tumultuous political battle over who will succeed her.
Read More »Instagram Account That Showed UF Students Without Masks Shut Down
Instragram account created by two UF students is banned in the midst of trying to hold students and citizens of Gainesville accountable to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Read More »US Appeals Court Rules Felons In Florida Must Pay Court Fines, Fees Before Voting
The decision is expected to boost President Donald Trump's chances of winning the state in November's election.
Read More »Anita Hill Confronts Pandemic, #MeToo, Women’s Right To Vote In Virtual UF Event
Owing to the pandemic, it was the second virtual event and the first of the semester.
Read More »Alachua County School Board Postpones Reopening To Aug. 31
The first week of school, Aug.24-Aug.28, will now be used as teacher planning days.
Read More »Judge Agrees To Keep Police Officers’ Identities On Hold
In a closely watched case about how to apply a constitutional amendment that expanded victims’ rights, a Leon County circuit judge on Thursday agreed to at least temporarily keep secret the identities of two Tallahassee police officers involved in use-of-force incidents.
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