The Gainesville City Commission on Thursday voted to accept funding recommendations for allocating millions of federal dollars for local nonprofit organizations. The Community Foundation of North Central Florida’s board of directors evaluation team provided the recommendations to the commission. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), which President Joe …
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At the beginning of the vaccine rollout in 2021, data show Latinos lagged behind whites in vaccination uptake. In Florida, that trend is reversing with Latinos now taking the lead. Before the vaccination clinic opened its doors at the Farmworker Association of Florida, Teresa was waiting outside. She was first …
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The story of this high school band reflects a much larger history of who the school system serves, and how the consequences of old decisions still ripple through the community decades later.
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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, heirs’ property is “the leading cause of Black involuntary land loss.” African Americans, who once owned 15 million acres, lost up to 90 % of their land from 1910-2007.
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As the investigation continues into the deadly condominium collapse in Surfside, a top Republican Florida House leader said Monday that lawmakers don’t need to make immediate changes to state building codes.
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Newberry Mayor Jordan Marlowe said he'd take a dip in the dunk tank if 1,300 voters came out to vote; the candidates both said they would also take the plunge if they win.
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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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The park is marketed by the City of Hawthorne, Weyerhaeuser, the Hawthorne Area Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Gainesville Chamber of Commerce as a potential manufacturing, industrial or commercial site.
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SB 86 is now placed on calendar for its third and final procedural reading, where the full state Senate will vote on the bill before it reaches the House. Dates for those final readings have yet to be announced.
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