Attorneys for the cities argued that the ballot language calling for creating a “growth management area” did not signal the actual impact: Municipalities would no longer exercise their own land use rules.
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The new county boundaries would stretch from the Gilchrist County-Alachua County border east to West 34th Street in Gainesville.
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In 2020, 19 Florida counties approved 20 sales and property tax increases worth $400 million. Two of these measures passed in Alachua and Marion Counties.
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Florida became the eighth state and the first in the South to adopt a $15 minimum wage. Replicating this in other states and on the federal level remains a challenge.
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The 2020 election – historic for its high turnout in the middle of a pandemic and extraordinary political divisiveness – might also be famous for the inaccuracy of pollsters.
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Dekova Batey woke up on Tuesday more than two hours before the sun came up. 4:30 was early. Even for him. But it was the day that all of America had been anticipating. Election Day.
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A highly contested amendment on Alachua County’s 2020 general election ballot is currently on hold, as is the lawsuit it spurred before Election Day.
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Florida Republicans dominated Tuesday's elections from the top of the ballot on down, leaving Democrats searching for answers after more than two decades of GOP control of the state.
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The state isn't part of the chaos.
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Ironically, Darnell was voted out in August. She lost the Democratic primary to Clovis Watson Jr., a former state lawmaker. There was no Republican opponent in Tuesday night’s general election.
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