The Florida Gators soccer season opener will be postponed due to players on the team testing positive for COVID-19. UF baseball and lacrosse have had their programs paused due to many players testing positive for the virus as well.
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 »DeSantis Vetoes Controversial Vaping Bill
TALLAHASSEE — Saying the proposal would have driven Floridians “to the hazardous black market,” Gov. Ron DeSantis late Tuesday vetoed a measure that would have banned the sale of nearly all flavored electronic-cigarette products and raised the state’s smoking age from 18 to 21. Attorney General Ashley Moody, Senate President …
Read More »UF’s Positive Coronavirus Case Total Tops 300 As Students Return For Fall Classes
The University of Florida is seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases.
Read More »Gainesville City Commission Pushes Forward In Allowing Open Containers On City Property
The Gainesville City Commission took the first step in suspending the enforcement of open containers of alcohol on city property in a meeting on Thursday.
Read More »Florida Bars Cook Up Ways To Reopen
Tavern owners throughout the state hurriedly are rehabbing behind-the-counter operations, adding triple sinks, carving out prep areas and signing up for food-handling training so they can get the go-ahead from state regulators to turn the lights back on.
Read More »Full Federal Appeals Panel Considers Landmark Florida Voting Rights Case
The ruling could help determine whether President Donald Trump wins Florida, and the White House, in November.
Read More »Florida To Resume High School Football Over Doctors’ Advice
Football games and other competitions could start Sept. 4, but the 67 countywide school districts plus private schools will have until Sept. 18 to resume if they want to participate in the state playoffs.
Read More »Marion County Sheriff Bans Masks For Deputies, With Some Exceptions
Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said this week in an email to staff that he had weighed both sides of the issue.
Read More »Florida’s Governor Doesn’t Want To Punt On College Football
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday continued to pitch the return of college and high-school sports as a safer environment for student-athletes amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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