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The Gainesville City Commission unanimously approved an ordinance Thursday to ban conversion therapy for minors within the city.
Read More »Gainesville Bans Conversion Therapy For Minors
Health Clinic ‘Inspires’ UF Student Volunteers To Offer Care
The fluorescent lights burn and buzz above patients sitting in the waiting room. It’s quiet. People sit in rows of blue-cushioned waiting room chairs for their chance to see a physician. Some don’t have addresses. Others have limited or no insurance. And on the other side of the waiting room …
Read More »Gainesville High School Student No Longer Enrolled After Offensive Social Media Posts
A Gainesville High School student is no longer enrolled after administrators learned of his racially-charged and threatening social media posts.
Read More »Officials Preparing For Spencer Appearance To Coincide With Pride Week
Gainesville's mayor and an organizer of the city's upcoming Pride Week said they are making special preparations for the Oct. 19 speaking appearance at the University of Florida from white nationalist Richard Spencer, president of the National Policy Institute.
Read More »Police LGBT Liaison Team Helps Gainesville Residents Feel Safer
The Gainesville Police Department appointed a liaison team to the LGBT community to help make everyone feel safe and included after the Pulse Nightclub attack last year.
Read More »One Year Later, Central Florida Remembers Pulse Nightclub Tragedy
Central Florida remembers the 49 victims and commemorated the one-year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting Monday, designating the day "Orlando United Day."
Read More »Alachua County’s Legislators Talk Opioid Crisis, Budgets, Stand Your Ground Law at Santa Fe College Event
Alachua County's representation in Tallahassee voiced agreement on Wednesday night about issues like the opioid crisis and pay equity, but did not find common ground on Florida's expanded stand your ground law and the state budget process.
Read More »UF Student, 19, Gearing Up To Run For Florida House In 2018
Devin Perez, a 19-year-old University of Florida online student, is gearing up for a run at the Florida House in 2018. By the time of that election, he'll have just hit the age requirement of 21.
Read More »Transgender Rights, Title IX Protections For Students Discussed At UF Law Panel
Students and faculty at UF Levin College of Law discussed transgender rights and the pending decision of the landmark United States Supreme Court case, G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board, at an event Tuesday afternoon.
Read More »2016 Roundup: Kind of Weird, Huh?
In 2016, Donald Trump was elected to the White House. The Cubs won the World Series. And Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. In other words, it was the kind of year that seemed designed to make Florida news look normal.
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