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Cities in Marion County are still awaiting money from FEMA to mend hurricane damages. Ocala incurred $7.5 million in damages.
Read More »One Year After Irma, Some Marion County Cities Lack Reimbursement From FEMA
Hundreds Of Overcounts, Thousands Of Undercounts In Alachua and Marion Counties
Voting machine recount numbers in Marion County and Alachua County show dozens of overvotes and thousands of undervotes.
Read More »Voters Line Up Behind Constitutional Amendments
Felons will get voting rights automatically restored after serving their sentences, vaping in workplaces will be illegal and greyhound racing will be banned in Florida under a series of constitutional amendments approved Tuesday.
Read More »Keith Perry Holds On In Tight Race For District 8
Keith Perry, R-Gainesville, will retain his District 8 State Senate seat.
Read More »The Student Socialist: Stetson Cooper Views Medicare, Minimum Wage As Top Themes
Stetson Cooper, a democratic socialist living in Republican Ocala, has no qualms expressing his political views in the primarily red town.
Read More »The Mexican-American Millennial: Angel Padilla’s Heritage Defines His Politics
When he was 12, Angel Padilla’s father, Candelario, woke him up before dawn to pour concrete for his construction company. That hardworking ethic of his Mexican immigrant parents stayed with him into adulthood. Now 22, Angel says his Mexican heritage and culture define him in many ways, and has led him …
Read More »‘More Difficult And More Dangerous’: Alachua County Seeks To Avoid Tragedy By Upgrading Emergency Radio System
A recent study concluded that the Alachua County public safety radio system needs to be upgraded or replaced.
Read More »Where Florida Stands On Processing Its Sexual Assault Kit Backlog
Some 6,000 previously submitted kits that were part of the backlog have now been processed, with more than 1,000 still to go by June 2019.
Read More »Know Your 2018 Candidates: U.S. House, District 3
Congressman Ted Yoho was first elected in 2012, and Yvonne Hayes Hinson is running to try to keep him from winning a fourth term representing Florida's 3rd District.
Read More »Know Your 2018 Candidates: Florida State Senate, District 8
Three candidates are running to represent Alachua, Putnam and Marion counties in the state Senate.
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