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Read More »As Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Rise, Gainesville Offers Free Drive-Up Testing At Citizens Field
Free coronavirus testing is also available on Wednesdays and Fridays at the former City Regional Transit headquarters location.
Read More »Florida Smashes Coronavirus Case Record: Nearly 9,000 Positive Cases on Thursday
Florida suspends consumption of alcohol at bars as the state's daily coronavirus count reaches nearly 9,000 — smashing the earlier record set on Wednesday of 5,000.
Read More »Florida Supreme Court Affirms Governor’s Emergency Powers During Pandemic
Florida’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday against a former used-car salesman and restaurant employee who challenged the authority of Gov. Ron DeSantis to issue virus-related shutdown orders.
Read More »‘Personal Responsibility’ Key To Florida Universities’ Reopening Plans
Florida universities have been working on plans to reopen campuses after the coronavirus pandemic emptied out campuses in March.
Read More »Alachua County Commissioners Address COVID-19 Spike, Amend Mask Policy
Warnings and citations will be issued to people in Alachua County who refuse to wear face masks inside of establishments.
Read More »Florida Passes 100,000 COVID-19 Cases
Florida is one of a handful of states that's seeing a surge of record daily high cases. The governor says the jump is because of increased testing for the coronavirus.
Read More »State Seeks To Fast Track Voting Rights Appeal
Arguing that the case is of “exceptional importance,” lawyers for Gov. Ron DeSantis have made a rare move of asking a full appellate court to consider a challenge to a voting-rights ruling that would pave the way for hundreds of thousands of felons to cast ballots in the November elections.
Read More »UF Board of Trustees Presents Reopening Plan
Gov. Ron DeSantis plans on the country being in the third phase of reopening by August 1 and believes that UF students and faculty should be prepared to come back for the fall semester
Read More »Florida Judge Tosses Environmental Lawsuit Brought By Children, Latest Loss In Climate Courtroom Strategy
The ruling Monday decided a two-year environmental lawsuit spearheaded by eight young Florida plaintiffs.
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