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The decision came during an emergency meeting on Monday.
Read More »The Point, March 13, 2020: Florida Reacts To Coronavirus Pandemic; Major Events Canceled Or Postponed
Gatornationals, Andrew Yang's visit to UF, Dance Marathon, sports and more are all on hiatus.
Read More »The Point, March 11, 2020: Reactions Vary To UF’s Pending Move To Online Classes During Coronavirus Scare
The probability that in-person classes will take place up until graduation in May remained up in the air, as fears of the coronavirus spread across the nation.
Read More »The Point, March 9, 2020: Florida Legislators Approve $25M In Coronavirus Funding
The state had its first two deaths from the virus this weekend.
Read More »Percentage Of Black Youths Arrested Remains High, Even As Juvenile Arrests Decline in Alachua County
Between 2017 and 2018, 81% of the juveniles arrested in Alachua County were black, according to data provided by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.
Read More »The Point, March 5, 2020: New Gainesville Organizing Effort Aims To Help Ex-Inmates
Community Spring is the grassroots group's name.
Read More »The Point, March 3, 2020: Florida’s Confirmed Coronavirus Cases, How To Help Stop Its Spread, And About Those Bats
UF students in Italy also had to return to the U.S. and be quarantined.
Read More »The Point, Feb. 28, 2020: Alachua County Public Schools Work To Improve Chronic Absenteeism Rate
The chronically absent rate in the same school year in Alachua County was 11.6%, a third of a percentage point higher than the state average.
Read More »The Point, Feb. 26, 2020: Gainesville Airbnb Hosts Are Starting To Pay County Taxes — Just Like Bed And Breakfast And Hotel Owners
It remains to be decided which school Robert Cecil, an English teacher from Buchholz High School, will be transferred to as part of his punishment for using a racial slur in his classroom.
Read More »The Point, Feb. 24, 2020: Florida Legislature Works To Ban Shark Fin Sales
One of the bills' sponsors said Florida should have no part in the fin industry.
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