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Five candidates in total are on the ballot. Here’s what you should know about them.
Read More »Here Are The Candidates For 2018 Gainesville City Commission Elections
What A DACA Recipient at UF Heard In President Trump’s First State of the Union Speech
University of Florida student Marcos Bruno is in his fifth year before finishing his bachelor degree in engineering.
Read More »Gainesville High School Student No Longer Enrolled After Offensive Social Media Posts
A Gainesville High School student is no longer enrolled after administrators learned of his racially-charged and threatening social media posts.
Read More »DeSantis Launches Governor’s Bid As ‘Principled Conservative’
DeSantis, who filed paperwork for the race early this month, is running to replace Gov. Rick Scott, who faces term limits and is widely expected to run for the U.S. Senate.
Read More »‘Let Trump Be Trump’: What Five Local Supporters Think About the President’s First Year
A panel of President Donald Trump's local voters that WUFT assembled talked about what they liked and didn't like about the president's first year in office.
Read More »Small Town Of Archer Transcends Political Divides
Since 1996, the Democratic nominee for president has won Archer’s precinct each time, usually by a slim margin. In 2016, the two major candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, were only separated by 3.81 percentage points, with the Democratic nominee coming out on top by only 80 votes. However, according to Archer’s citizens, these political differences don’t divide them.
Read More »In Alachua County Red Island, Trump Still Finds Support
Though President Trump's approval ratings had dropped to 37 percent by mid-August, some conservatives in southwest Alachua County are holding their ground on supporting him as the country approaches its one-year anniversary of his election victory.
Read More »First Amendment Professor On Richard Spencer’s Right To Speak
Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida talks about the upcoming Richard Spencer event and the value of allowing such a discussion to take place on the UF campus.
Read More »State’s Tab For Irma Already Mounting
Florida has preliminarily outlined more than $273 million in Hurricane Irma costs for federal reimbursement, with the money primarily used for storm preparation and debris removal.
Read More »Florida Voices: Vietnam Veterans | Ray Harris, MACV-SOG, 1969 to 1970
Raymond Harris’ service was unlike that of any other veteran interviewed for this series. He was a member of a unit called MACV-SOG, or Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Special Operations Group. His job was “running recon,” gathering intelligence about North Vietnamese military operations, often behind enemy lines. Harris later …
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