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Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • Mainstreet Daily News: SBAC swears in first all-female board. “At a special meeting on Tuesday, Certain, a returning board member, along with three new members, Diyonne McGraw, Sarah Rockwell, and Kay Abbitt, …
Read More »Free health fair offers medical services to Gainesville community
The nonprofit Children Beyond Our Borders partnered with Equal Access Clinic to organize a free health fair event in Gainesville. The event will be held on Saturday, Nov. 19 at Parkview Baptist Church from 8 a.m. to noon. Some of the services that will be provided are exams to detect …
Read More »Kat Cammack, Neal Dunn, and Daniel Webster emerge victorious in their U.S. House races
Liberal Gainesville voting majority unable to outweigh U.S. House District 3’s rural votes as Republican Congresswoman Kat Cammack defeats Democratic challenger Danielle Hawk With liberal Gainesville votes being swallowed by the surrounding conservative rural stronghold, incumbent Congresswoman Kat Cammack was able to cruise to victory in U.S. House District 3 …
Read More »The Point, Nov. 4, 2022: Professor tenure could be tied to race-related instruction law
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: A Jonesville man’s story challenges the logic of Florida’s process to award a marijuana license to a Black farmer. “Applying for the license amounted to buying a lottery ticket for …
Read More »Meet the candidates running for Florida’s 3rd congressional district
Democratic candidate Danielle Hawk is challenging Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack for Florida’s 3rd Congressional District. Here is what voters need to know about them as they prepare for Election Day on November 8. WUFT spoke to Danielle Hawk about her campaign but was unable to hear from Cammack …
Read More »Keith Perry and Rodney Long compete to represent District 9 in Senate
Residents of District 9 will choose between Republican Sen. Keith Perry and Democrat Rodney Long to represent them in the state Legislature in the upcoming election Tuesday, Nov. 8. Here is what voters need to know about the candidates and their viewpoints before they head to the polls.
Read More »City of Gainesville plans to provide free sanitary products in public restrooms
The Gainesville City Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to move forward with a plan to provide free sanitary products in public restrooms across Gainesville.
Read More »The Point, Oct. 10, 2022: Hurricane Ian death toll makes it deadliest storm in Florida in nearly 90 years
Not since the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane have this many Floridians perished in a storm.
Read More »Days For Girls opens new sewing center
The Alachua County chapter of Days For Girls held a grand opening ceremony Sunday to celebrate their new sewing center in Gainesville.
Read More »League of Women Voters and Bob Graham Center host candidate forum for 2022 General Election
Candidates facing voters in less than a month discussed a variety of issues spanning from housing to healthcare on Sunday.
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