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Alachua County School District has asked for $1.2 million in grants to further assist schools in need.
Read More »Alachua County Public Schools Seek Grant To Balance Achievement Gaps
Santa Fe College Blount Campus Expansion ‘Opens Opportunities’ For East Gainesville, Sasser Says
Santa Fe College is planning to expand Blount Hall, a move that will also improve the current Center for Innovation and Economic Development. Santa Fe College President Jackson Sasser said this expansion could benefit small businesses all across Gainesville.
Read More »Alachua County Commission District 2 Election: Marihelen Wheeler Beats Two Opponents
Wheeler romped to victory over Scott Costello in the county’s second district in northwest Gainesville, making her the only woman on the 5-member board.
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 Caregiver: Healthcare, Wage Gap Issues Hit Close To Home For Sharon Burney
Sharon Burney raised and supports her 35-year-old daughter who suffers from renal failure and seizures. She looks to her elected officials to expand Medicaid and bridge the income gap.
Read More »Close, Convert To Charter, Or Outside Operator: Options For Terwilliger Elementary To Be Discussed At Meeting
Myra Terwilliger Elementary School will face the possibility of closure if it doesn’t receive a C or higher letter grade for the 2018-19 school year, after receiving a D for the past three years.
Read More »Know Your 2018 Candidates: Florida House District 21
In his first bid for re-election, state Rep. Chuck Clemons, R – Newberry, will face off against Democratic challenger Jason Haeseler to represent District 21 in the Florida House of Representatives. The district includes all of Dixie and Gilchrist counties, as well as a portion of Alachua County. State. Rep. …
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 »Are Library Cards The Answer To A Level Playing Field For Alachua County Students?
At Alachua County libraries a person with no library card can use the computer for only two hours.
Read More »Gainesville Activists Support National Prison Strike
Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, an anonymous incarcerated group of prisoner rights advocates, called for the strike in response to a riot at a prison in South Carolina in which seven inmates died.
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