Once a booming mining town about 15 miles East of Gainesville, Newberry these days is generally on the quieter side. But on this city election day, downtown Newberry is buzzing. There’s only one race this year — commission seat four — because the other seats up for election were uncontested. …
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Arab Americans in Alachua County worry their community will not be accurately counted in the results of the 2020 United States Census.
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Long served two terms as a Gainesville city commissioner from 1988 to 1994, and three terms as an Alachua County commissioner from 2000 to 2011.
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Florida legislators reversed course on a plan that would have limited the state’s popular Bright Futures college scholarships after a public outcry and concerns by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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On the surface, Tuesday’s election was quiet; but the outspoken volunteers behind the District 1 Gainesville city commission race made their voices heard.
Read More »The list of qualified candidates for the City of Newberry's municipal election was finalized this week.
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The Gainesville Police Department is working on a program to keep individuals with minor misdemeanors away from the criminal justice system and decrease court cases.
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Watch the hearing live beginning at 10 a.m. ET. When Bill Pickle reached his last day on the job as the Senate sergeant-at-arms more than a decade ago, he issued a stark warning to congressional leaders. Pickle said that the Capitol had security weaknesses that had long gone ignored by …
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The newest round of campaign finance reports for the March 16 City of Gainesville election reveal Gigi Simmons leading campaign fundraising numbers.
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TALLAHASSEE — In a possible prelude to Florida’s upcoming gubernatorial campaign, the state’s only Democrat holding statewide office took a shot at Gov. Ron DeSantis in a campaign-style video released Tuesday that cast the Republican as unempathetic amid a deadly pandemic and a loyalist to former President Donald Trump. In …
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