For Pride week in Gainesville, the Human Rights Council of North Central Florida (HRCNCF) organized a panel discussion on conversion therapy and used it as an opportunity to promote their upcoming attempt to ban the practice throughout the city.
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Hull Road as well as Southwest 34th Street between Southwest Second Avenue and Southwest 20th Avenue will be closed for the majority of today because of the scheduled appearance by white nationalist Richard Spencer, of the National Policy Institute, and the expected demonstrators.
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The Newnans Lake Improvement Initiative aims to clean up Newnans Lake for environmental and recreational purposes for 250,000 Alachua County residents, according to the initial project funding request. The second phase of the project is scheduled to start in March.
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Gainesville's Pop Warner youth football and cheerleading program has teamed up with Athlete Brain, a University of Florida student organization that analyzes the kids' brain activity outside of practice through baseline concussion testing.
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Credit-card skimming has been on the rise in Florida since 2015, but so far, Gainesville specifically seems to have been largely spared, with only one found.
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National Policy Institute’s President, Richard Spencer, is scheduled to speak on the University of Florida’s campus Oct. 19. Spencer spoke to WUFT's Grace King and expressed his feelings about the speech, public universities and what his ideal country would look like.
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The city of Gainesville has partnered with Pure Energy Solar to provide solar-powered charging stations in areas frequented by pedestrians, bicyclists and those waiting on buses.
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The city of Gainesville has joined a League of Nations initiative meant to lower jail populations through city leadership and community engagement.
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Although lower utility rates have been the reasoning behind the Gainesville city commission's support for the recent GREC purchase, rates are not decreasing as much as residents had hoped. In fact, customers' bills will still increase in the long run.
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When Alachua County residents living right outside of Gainesville city limits called 911 for fire protection services, they could count on Gainesville Fire Rescue to respond to their calls. Starting May 2018, however, they might experience slower response times waiting for Alachua County Fire Rescue to arrive.
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