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Activists have spent the past three weeks trying to urgently sway Gainesville city budget decisions.
Read More »Gainesville Activists Want Shift In City Budget Priorities, But Will Likely Have To Wait A Year
Full Federal Appeals Panel Considers Landmark Florida Voting Rights Case
The ruling could help determine whether President Donald Trump wins Florida, and the White House, in November.
Read More »Yoho’s Confrontation with Ocasio-Cortez Leads To Democratic Women Calling Out ‘Abuse From Men’
A day after rejecting an offer of contrition from Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., who represents the Gainesville area, for his language during this week's Capitol steps confrontation, Ocasio-Cortez and more than a dozen colleagues cast the incident as all-too-common behavior by men, including Trump and other Republicans.
Read More »‘Everyone Should Show Respect To One Another’: Controversy Swirls Around Ted Yoho’s Confrontation With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
There was little sign that Yoho’s GOP colleagues were rising to defend him, and the House minority leader said he would speak to Yoho.
Read More »For Poor In America, Sanitary Sewage Disposal Can Be A Challenge
The Clean Waterways Act, which Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Tuesday, moves oversight of septic systems from Florida’s Department of Health to its Department of Environmental Protection. The new law is expected to increase funding to replace damaged and hazardous septic tanks.
Read More »Gainesville City Commission Passes $3.2M Coronavirus Relief Package For Households and Businesses
The commission will meet again virtually at 3 p.m. on Thursday.
Read More »How Florida’s Public Schools Have Been Affected By COVID-19
Public schools with failing grades will get another year to improve.
Read More »‘A Beautiful Artifact’: 25-Foot Scroll Of Alachua County And Florida History Is Now On Digital Display
Nobody knows who made it.
Read More »Florida Shuts Down Visits To Prisons Until At Least April 5 Over Pandemic
As Florida's confirmed cases of the coronavirus pandemic rise, the risk of the disease spreading within state prisons and jails is causing officials to rethink how Florida keeps its criminals behind bars.
Read More »Ex-Inmates In Gainesville Make It Their Job To Ease The Stigma For Others Like Them
Community Spring is a grassroots group working in East Gainesville to help with the problems of poverty.
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