Mayor Lauren Poe will face off against challengers Marlon Bruce, Jenn Powell and Jennifer Reid for re-election. Bruce, Powell and Reid are each hoping to energize voters for their first political office.
Read More »Florida Gov. DeSantis’ State Of The State
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis kicks off the 60-day legislative session with his first State of the State address outlining his priorities including the environment, education, healthcare and transportation infrastructure.
Read More »Appeals Court Clears Way For Bradford RV Park
Florida's First District Court of Appeal declined to hear a case on a proposed recreational vehicle park located near Santa Fe Lake outside of Melrose. The court decision on Feb. 5 clears the way for park construction to begin.
Read More »Airport Authority Passes Motion To Sell Industrial Lot
The Gainesville-Alachua County Regional Airport Authority (GACRAA) voted unanimously Thursday in favor of selling Airport Industrial Park Lot 6 to an undisclosed buyer known only as Regional Development Company Inc.
Read More »Job Fair Helps Fill Labor Hole Left After Alachua County Stopped Employing Prison Inmates
Alachua County filled 35 new jobs in a single day this week at a job fair — replacing positions left vacant after the Board of County Commissioners terminated a prison labor agreement earlier this year.
Read More »Employees’ Right To Speak To Media Protected By First Amendment And National Labor Relations Act
A recent analysis conducted by the University of Florida’s Brechner Center for Freedom of Information concluded that federal labor laws make it illegal for employers to forbid workers from talking to reporters.
Read More »With Plastic Bag Ban Looming, Restaurant Co-Owner Opens The First Plastic-Free Shop In Gainesville
Joy Hughes recently opened Life Unplastic in the Thornebrook Village Shopping Center as the first plastic-free shop in Gainesville.
Read More »Florida Rep. Randy Fine Says UCF Should Be Shuttered
Rep. Randy Fine, R-Brevard, suggested the University of Central Florida should be shut down over misused funds during a Higher Education Appropriation Subcommittee meeting today.
Read More »City Of Gainesville Begins Work To Solve Food Insecurity
People bounced around ideas Tuesday night at the Alachua County Library Headquarters Branch, all intended to solve one of Gainesville’s most pressing problems — its widespread lack of food security.
Read More »The Alachua County Commission Doesn’t Want Teens Buying Tobacco. What Happens Next?
Alachua County's new ordinance allows each of the nine affected municipalities until October to decide if they want it to take effect in their jurisdictions.
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