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Kat Cammack announced Thursday her campaign to run for Florida’s 3rd Congressional District seat.
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 »Ocala Mayor Kent Guinn Eyes Run For Congress
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Gainesville, announced his retirement earlier this week.
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 »Ocala Council Blocks Winning Candidate From Office Over 33-Year-Old Felony Conviction, Delays Decision On Another Election
Ocala dramatically blocked its newly elected councilman from taking office Tuesday night over a 33-year-old felony cocaine conviction. The case is believed to be the first time a Florida politician has been disqualified after an election because of serious crimes.
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 »Ocala Council Election Thrown Into Turmoil Over Winning Candidate’s Felony Arrests
Councilman-elect, Tyrone E. Oliver, 63, acknowledged that he had been charged with drug felonies in 1986 but said the cases had been "handled."
Read More »$6 Million Expansion For Gene Therapy Facility Completed At Alachua’s Progress Park
Local and state officials gathered Friday in Alachua to commemorate a $6 million expansion at Progress Park.
Read More »Gainesville Declares State of Emergency with Climate Proclamation
Below: listen to the radio version of this story from WUFT-FM. The city of Gainesville followed the lead of over 1,200 other communities in a climate change decision: Gainesville has declared a state of emergency. Gainesville City Commissioners voted unanimously on the decision to adopt a climate emergency proclamation. The …
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