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Businesses and government officials are noticing an increase in demand for guns and a concealed weapons carry license due to the pandemic.
Read More »Composting Business Sees Rapid Growth In Gainesville
Gainesville is one of 13 cities nationwide to receive a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will help fund a food waste and composting pilot program.
Read More »Efforts Underway To Address Gainesville Racial Inequity Through Heirs’ Property Oversight
The subcommittee tentatively agreed to meet again in September, with this idea likely coming up for discussion soon at a full City Commission meeting.
Read More »DeSantis Signs Sweeping New Environmental Law For Cleaner Water
The Republican governor called the measure “one of the most significant pieces of substantive legislation in quite some time,” but environmentalists said it falls short of efforts necessary to protect Florida’s waters.
Read More »DeSantis Signs Bills On Wrongful Incarceration, Broadband
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed 25 bills into law, including approving $2.15 million for a Jacksonville man wrongfully imprisoned for almost 43 years and two measures tied to a series of controversial highway plans.
Read More »Spaying Of Strays And Low-Income Owners’ Pets Is Put On Hold Because Of Pandemic
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the St. Francis Pet Care Clinic has closed but plans to reopen on May 5.
Read More »As The 2020 Session Ends, How Did Florida’s LGBTQ Bills Fare?
As Florida’s legislative session nears its conclusion, it’s shaped up to be a tough year for LGBTQ residents and their supporters.
Read More »What You Need To Know About Coronavirus In Florida
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Read More »Two-Day Boil Water Notice Created Challenges for Micanopy Residents, Business Owners
Micanopy’s administration placed the town under a precautionary boil water notice Feb. 11 due to an equipment malfunction during a scheduled water tank cleaning.
Read More »Where Healthy Food Is Scarce, A Dream Of A Flourishing Fruit Tree In Every Yard
When Enio Ximenes arrived from California four years ago with his girlfriend Jacquelyn Cafasso, the couple began volunteering at the nonprofit Edible Plant Project. The nonprofit, he said, “stood out because they were doing education, and they were trying to get people to plant edible plants in their yards.” “I …
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