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The trial continues Tuesday at 9 a.m. at the Alachua County Family/Civil Justice Center.
Read More »Trial Begins For Wood Supplier Company’s Lawsuit Against GREC
How Florida Organic Growers Tries To Help Those In Food Deserts
Florida Organic Growers (FOG), a nonprofit food organization, is trying to end the problem of food deserts by partnering with local farmers markets using a new government-funded initiative called Fresh Access Bucks.
Read More »Florida, Alabama Senators Renew River Battle With Georgia
U.S Senators from Alabama and Florida have renewed their petitions to re-examine water allocation from two river systems that both states share with Georgia.
Read More »Obama Recognizes Florida Girl’s Science Project
America's 2015 Top Young Scientist, Hannah Herbst, created an ocean-energy probe prototype as a way of helping developing countries find power by using energy from ocean currents. President Obama stopped by her exhibit April 13 during the White House Science Fair.
Read More »Florida Lawmakers To Tout Renewable Energy Amendment
Part of the education process will be to ensure voters know the proposal on the August primary ballot isn't tied to the state's more controversial solar-energy amendment.
Read More »Three Candidates Talk Qualifications in Gainesville Mayoral Candidate Forum
Incumbent Mayor Ed Braddy and candidates Lauren Poe and Donald Shepherd, touched on income distribution, integrity and energy among other topics before a crowd of about 100 people at the Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center on Wednesday night.
Read More »City Committee Eyes Audit of GRU, GREC contract in Wake of Overcharging Concerns
Will the city conduct a forensic audit of its 30-year contract with GREC?
Read More »2016 Ballot Prospects Dim For Solar Inititative
The light is fading for one of two solar-energy initiatives trying to get on Florida's 2016 ballot. The "Floridians for Solar Choice" coalition, remains about 400,000 petitions short of qualifying for the 2016 ballot and is in the midst of a contract dispute with a petition-gathering firm.
Read More »UF Hosts Coalition To Combat Student Alcohol Abuse
The UF Community Coalition met to discuss initiatives and current programs regarding excessive and underage drinking. Some of the initiatives involve finding better ways to educate students on alcohol safety to reduce alcohol-related accidents and the use of fake IDs.
Read More »Could Your Urine Be Florida Field’s New Fertilizer?
UF researcher Treavor Boyer has devised a system that could cut up to 20 percent of UF's water usage. The system involves reducing the amount of water needed to fertilize Florida Field — by swapping nitrogen fertilizer for human urine.
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