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Two of Alachua County's three contested school board races were decided during the August primary, but one remains for November.
Read More »Know Your 2018 Candidates: Alachua County School Board, District 3
Know Your 2018 Candidates: Alachua County Commission, District 2
Three people are running for the position of Alachua County Commissioner to represent District 2, which covers the northwest areas of the county.
Read More »The Future Of Dignity Village, Gainesville’s Homeless Camp, Is In Doubt
Two years after a report called a walk through Dignity Village "devastating," city officials are still working toward closing it down.
Read More »Alachua County’s Flood Management Ranking Improved, But This Northeast Neighborhood Still Suffers
An abundance of rainfall this summer brought severe flooding in Rosalind Greene’s Northeast Gainesville neighborhood.
Read More »Florida Voices: Jon DeCarmine | Finding Homes For The Homeless
Alachua County has grown by nearly 30,000 people since 2006, but the homeless population has decreased. According to the Alachua County Homeless Census, 433 people were unsheltered in 2018. In 2006, 450 were without shelter.
Read More »Gainesville Commission To Hold Hearing On Police Union Contract
The city commission will hold a public hearing at 1:30 p.m. Friday at City Hall before voting on the impasse between city management and Fraternal Order of Police Gator Lodge 67.
Read More »Man Arrested On Charges Of Aggravated Stalking Of Alachua County NAACP Leader
Ronald Wadford is in jail and being held on a $500,000 bond.
Read More »Gainesville City Commission Will Discuss Community ID System Initiative
This system would allow people with limited access to state-issued IDs to receive locally-issued ones.
Read More »50 Days In Office: Q&A with Gainesville City Commissioner Gigi Simmons
Gigi Simmons is a lifelong resident of the Porters community in east Gainesville, and as of May 17, she is the newest city commissioner to represent District 1 on the commission. Representing an area of Gainesville with some of the highest levels of poverty, Simmons began her tenure as commissioner …
Read More »Which North Central Florida Lawmakers’ 2018 Bills Are Now Law?
A list of the laws and projects that legislators representing local counties were able to get through the Florida legislature in 2018.
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