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.
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The commission will meet again virtually at 3 p.m. on Thursday.
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Public schools with failing grades will get another year to improve.
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Nobody knows who made it.
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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.
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Community Spring is a grassroots group working in East Gainesville to help with the problems of poverty.
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Siding with plaintiffs, a federal appeals court has refused to put on hold a decision that bans the state from denying the right to vote to felons who are unable to pay court-ordered fees and fines.
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Registered voters who live in the city's District 2 will decide between incumbent Harvey Ward and challenger David Walle.
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Eileen Roy, chairwoman of the Alachua County School Board, has expressed concern for the low attendance rates at some local schools. “It just is shocking really,” Roy said. “We just have to do something about this absenteeism.” The average attendance rate for Alachua County public schools in the 2018-2019 school …
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Florida ranks third in most human trafficking cases, according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, behind only California and Texas.
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