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The proposal is an initial step as lawmakers prepare to negotiate a 2020-2021 budget during the legislative session that starts Jan. 14.
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‘No More Words, More Action:’ City Commission And Alachua County School Board Try To Find Solution For Racial Inequity
They had one goal in mind – to create a solution for racial inequity in Alachua County by creating after school and out-of-school programs.
Read More »Waldo Swamped By Water Tax
Updated Nov. 6, 2019 The Waldo city council members sat back, hands folded, awaiting citizens’ complaints about the ordinance they introduced the previous week, adding a 10% utility tax on the purchase of water in the city. About 35 people showed up to the Oct. 8 meeting to weigh in …
Read More »For Gainesville’s New City Manager, It’s About Grits, Eggs And Building Community
Lee Feldman, Gainesville’s new manager, begins his job today but he won’t be spending all his time in City Hall’s fourth-floor office.
Read More »Hawthorne Climbs Back With $27 Million Makeover
The state invested about $27 million into sprucing up Hawthorne, including an updated water system, a new fire station, dramatically improved park facilities, a new downtown road and a popular wellness center.
Read More »“I Want People To Know There’s A Solution”: A Fight To Provide Dental Care
Across Florida, people struggle to find accessible dental care. Here's what Dr. Frank Catalanotto, the former dean of the UF College of Dentistry and a current professor, is doing to change that.
Read More »Gainesville City Commission Selects Lee Feldman As New City Manager
The manager's position is among the city's most important and highest paid, with Lee Feldman's recent predecessors earning annual salaries of just over $200,000.
Read More »Gainesville City Commission Takes Last Steps Toward Selecting New City Manager
Each candidate was interviewed one-by-one in front of the public. If a majority vote between the seven commissioners can be reached, they will announce their pick Friday.
Read More »Abandoned And Stolen Shopping Carts Create Nuisance Across Gainesville
Lonely shopping carts litter the sidewalks far from their intended place in Gainesville.8
Read More »Advocacy Groups Sue City Of Ocala Over Homeless Arrests
The lawsuit argues that arresting people who identify themselves as homeless if they are sleeping or resting while awake in outdoor areas is cruel and unusual punishment and violates their humans rights to due process under the 8th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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