Many small business owners in Gainesville are facing similar decisions as businesses are allowed to reopen according to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Plan for Florida’s Recovery. Since locally owned businesses do not have oversight from parent companies, decisions regarding how business will run during the pandemic falls to the individual owners.
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With COVID-19 concerns still pressing on the Fall semester for Florida universities and others nationwide, the Board of Governors approved the State University System’s plans to bring students back to campus.
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Florida's $30 million stone crab industry is snapping mad over a state government change
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Florida's top COVID-19 data scientist has been dismissed. Rebekah Jones says she's been fired for refusing to manipulate data "to drum up support" for the state's plan to reopen.
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A university-system task force has been working in recent weeks on the issue of reopening campuses. Board of Governors Chairman Syd Kitson said early this month that the task force included leaders of each of the universities.
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The City of Gainesville hosted a “Telephone Town Hall” Monday to explore the impact COVID-19 has had on communities with a history of socioeconomic disparities.
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Known to pollute water, leaky septic tanks can also pose problems for human health. Whether they can spread COVID-19 is uncertain.
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Mosquito vector diseases are expanding, but COVID-19 has halted some surveillance programs and experts are worried complacency could lead to outbreaks.
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The always essential but traditionally undervalued group has become esteemed like never before in recent months.
Read More »The unprecedented surge in Florida's unemployed due to the coronavirus has put pressure on the governor to investigate the faulty state system for processing claims.
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