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Utilities Revenue Bill In Florida Legislature Threatens City Budgets Statewide
Gainesville is set to receive about $38 million this fiscal year from GRU. That amounts to almost 29 percent of the city’s anticipated total general fund revenue: $133 million.
Read More »Eight Candidates Are Running For Three Gainesville City Commission Seats In 2020
Qualifying for Gainesville's 2020 city elections closed at noon on Friday.
Read More »Gainesville City Commissioners Change Public Comment Rules For Their Meetings
A number of people in attendance were concerned about new policies being implemented to tighten public comment periods.
Read More »Gainesville City Commission Approves $13,000 Salary Increase For Charter Officers
One city commissioner said he was frustrated that his reviews of the public employees were taking place in public.
Read More »City And County Commissioners Talk Taxes, Fairgrounds And Sports Center
Commissioners passionately expressed their disappointments, concerns, rebuttals and hope for the future before unanimously approving a motion to add a discussion of racial and equity disparities to the agenda of the next joint meeting.
Read More »Deliberation Surrounding Gainesville Sports And Event Arena Continues
The city's concerns were raised, but not much was decided upon during the meeting.
Read More »Ibram X. Kendi Returns to Gainesville
Now founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University in Washington, he visited Gainesville to promote his latest book “How to Be an Antiracist.”
Read More »Gainesville Takes A Step Toward Increasing Solar Energy Production
Gainesville Regional Utilities is looking to add a new solar plant with hopes of supporting the Gainesville City Commission's resolution for 100% renewable energy by 2045.
Read More »City and County Officials Lay Out Plans for East Gainesville Development
The 4As town hall meeting at the Alachua County Health Department was designed as a moment to bring everyone up to speed on the latest in East Gainesville development and help bridge a division between city and county leaders.
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