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Alachua County Elementary Schools Need Space And Money
Many of Alachua County's elementary school students are attending class in portables due to overcrowding and rapid growth in the western part of the county.
Read More »Florida Governor Loses In Court Battle Over Nursing Homes
A judge has ruled there is not an immediate danger that gives Florida Gov. Rick Scott the authority to order nursing homes to install generators.
Read More »Nursing Homes Plan `Summit’ on Generator Order
Calling the deaths of eight seniors last week an “isolated incident,” a nursing-home industry group will hold a meeting Friday to discuss a move by Gov. Rick Scott to require nursing homes to be equipped with generators to power air-conditioning systems when electricity goes out.
Read More »Focus Turns To Recovery After Irma’s Exit
More than 5.5 million homes and businesses in Florida remained without power at midday Tuesday after Hurricane Irma plowed through the state.
Read More »Federal Aid Approved As Irma Makes Second Landfall
Florida was approved Sunday for federal disaster relief as the powerful, wide and deadly Hurricane Irma made its second landfall of the day.
Read More »State Officials Prepare For ‘Dangerous’ Irma
Gov. Rick Scott, who had already issued a state of emergency because of the ominous threat of powerful Hurricane Irma, asked Tuesday for pre-landfall assistance from the federal government.
Read More »UF Prepares For White Nationalist Leader
The University of Florida is coordinating with local and state law-enforcement officials in anticipation of the potential appearance in Gainesville of a white nationalist leader affiliated with this weekend's deadly confrontation in Charlottesville, Va.
Read More »Students To See Financial Aid Expansion
As Florida students return to universities and state colleges this month for a new academic year, many will benefit from a major expansion of need-based financial aid.
Read More »Military Members Boost Concealed Weapons Licenses
Florida has fast-tracked concealed-weapons licenses to 82,000 military members and honorably discharged veterans since terror-related shootings at a pair of military installations in Tennessee two years ago.
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