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While the state expects a $10 billion lift from federal coronavirus relief funds, how to use that money remains under debate.
Read More »Florida Budget Discussion Begins With House, Senate Plans About $2B Apart
Bill Would Require Political Bias Surveys In Florida Universities, Allow Students To Record Professors’ Lectures
Republican lawmakers are backing bills that would require students and faculty at Florida’s public universities to complete yearly surveys to identify political bias inside college classrooms. It would also allow students to record their professors during lectures. The bills would measure whether college instructors – widely perceived as skewing left …
Read More »New Way Of Living: Florida College Students Reflect On Anniversary Of Pandemic Campus Shutdown
Lost lives. Lost jobs. Lost classrooms. Lost opportunities. Lost time with families. A lost year.
Read More »With Affordable Care Act Special Enrollment Period Underway, Insurance Agents In Alachua County Say Engagement Is Slow
Alachua County insurance agents are on a mission to help residents get insured as a special enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act is underway.
Read More »Updates To PPP Loans Aim to Reach Businesses With 20 Employees Or Less
Alyssa Brown, vice president of public policy for the Greater Gainesville Chamber of Commerce, said in the first rounds of PPP loans, 3,700 businesses in Alachua County received them, totaling about $267 million in funding and helping to save thousands of jobs.
Read More »Florida’s Governor And House Speaker Continue Targeting Big Tech
Gov. Ron DeSantis and House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, continued their push against big technology companies Monday, introducing legislation focused on data privacy and security.
Read More »Florida Official On Vaccines: Biden ‘Inherited A Mess’
Appearing before a legislative select committee on the response to the pandemic, the director, Jared Moskowitz, echoed Gov. Ron DeSantis's concern over inadequate deliveries of life-saving vaccines to meet the intense demand.
Read More »‘This Is America’s Day’: Biden’s Inaugural Address, Annotated
NPR reporters from the Washington Desk and across the newsroom are providing live fact checks and analysis of Biden's remarks.
Read More »Watch Live: Inauguration Day Ceremony And Events
Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, having defeated Donald Trump in an acrimonious, divisive election last November.
Read More »House Impeaches President Trump A 2nd Time, Citing Insurrection At U.S. Capitol
Just one week before he will leave office, Trump has now become the first U.S. president to be impeached twice.
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