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The camp is a microcosm of both this year’s housing crisis and the cracks in the local shelter system. Its uncertain future hints at what may be ahead for many more.
Read More »Gainesville homeless campers told to move by Dec. 1
Florida’s largest food bank set for local food distribution events on Friday, Saturday
As inflation rises across the country and fuels growing food insecurity in local communities, the largest food bank in Florida is scheduled to hold food distribution events on Friday in Gainesville and Saturday in Chiefland, delivering fresh produce and non-perishable goods to food-insecure residents of the city. Farm Share, a …
Read More »Haile Plantation Village Center’s Oktoberfest returns
The Haile Plantation Village Center celebrated Oktoberfest recently after the event was suspended for three years due to coronavirus shutdowns.
Read More »Aramis Ayala is challenging Ashley Moody in an uphill bid to become Florida’s attorney general
Former Orlando-area State Attorney Aramis Ayala is attempting to unseat Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody.
Read More »The Point, Oct. 5, 2022: President Biden scheduled to visit Florida and survey Hurricane Ian damage
Gov. Ron DeSantis is so far working cooperatively with the federal administration through storm recovery.
Read More »Biden: Russia ‘shamelessly violated’ UN Charter in Ukraine
President Biden's remarks are expected to begin Wednesday at 10:35 a.m.
Read More »Florida Bar Exam scores announced, with UF having second-best passage rate
The University of Florida Levin College of Law Florida Bar Exam has released the test results for the most recent exam.
Read More »University of Florida is top 5 — again — in U.S. News & World Report rankings
The University of Florida continues to achieve, retaining its top-five public university status in this year's national rankings.
Read More »The Point, Sept. 6, 2022: After second scrubbed Artemis I launch, NASA astronaut says caution is most important
Astronaut Victor Glover defended the second canceled launch attempt on Saturday.
Read More »The Point, Aug. 15, 2022: ‘Watershed’ project explores the extent of Florida’s sewage spill problem
Hundreds of millions of gallons of sewage have flowed into Florida's waterways in the past two decades, data show.
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