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All public schools in Marion County now have resource officers in the wake of the Forest High School shooting.
Read More »Marion County Puts Resource Officer In Every School In Wake Of Forest High School Shooting
GPD Recaps 2017 Department Progress In Town Hall
Gainesville Police Department Chief of Police, Tony Jones, discussed crime statistics, personnel recruiting and progress with disproportionate minority contact efforts in a town hall Tuesday.
Read More »10,000 Participate in ‘March For Our Lives’ Rally in Parkland
This was the scene of Parkland's "March For Our Lives," one of more than 800 similar events taking place around the world.
Read More »‘Vote Them Out’: People March From Gainesville’s Bo Diddley Plaza To Protest Gun Laws
WUFT reports on the March For Our Lives gathering at the Bo Diddley Plaza in Gainesville.
Read More »From Parkland to Gainesville to D.C., Follow WUFT’s Coverage of ‘March For Our Lives’
WUFT News will have reporters in four locations on Saturday at 11 a.m. during the March For Our Lives events nationwide.
Read More »Yoho Talks With Local Walkout Participants Via Skype
Congressman Ted Yoho listened to high school students expressing their concerns about school safety and gun control.
Read More »North Central Florida Students Join National Gun Violence Walkouts
High school students across North Central Florida joined their counterparts nationwide to walk out of school Wednesday morning in solidarity and protest over gun violence reform.
Read More »Students To Walk Out To Protest Gun Violence 1 Month After Parkland Shooting
The demonstrations will last 17 minutes to honor the 17 killed last month. "If the government wants to keep getting paid, they need to listen to what we say," a Boise, Idaho, student said.
Read More »A Recap Of The Ten Big Issues In The 2018 Legislative Session
The Florida House and Senate ended the 2018 legislative session Sunday by passing a budget and a tax-cut package for the upcoming year. The session was largely dominated by the aftermath of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Broward County, sparking debate about state gun laws and school safety. Here's a recap of the big issues.
Read More »Florida Governor Signs Gun Restrictions 3 Weeks After Attack
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a far-reaching school-safety bill Friday that places new restrictions on guns, cementing his state's break with the National Rifle Association and decades of Republican thinking on gun control in the aftermath of the Parkland high school attack.
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