As Election Day nears, Frog Song Organics owner Amy Van Scoik, a registered independent voter, will be looking closely at the candidates and their policies, and specifically how they might affect immigration, as she struggles to find workers for her farm.
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The weekend-long Gainesville Pride Days 2018 celebrated LGBTQ equality and love for all with the annual parade and festival on Saturday, Oct. 20. The parade began at noon on 7th Street and West University Ave and ended at Bo Diddley Plaza downtown where supporters were welcomed with bright, traditional rainbow colors. …
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Linda Awbrey was Andrew Gillum's adviser when he was a student at Gainesville High School in the late 1990s. She predicted in 1997 that Gillum would eventually be elected governor.
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In the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a homosexual couple, Florida LGBTQ activists and business owners shared their thoughts.
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The University of Florida Gator Marching Band celebrated the groundbreaking of a new permanent practice facility Friday afternoon.
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A new website that launched in March called Florida Name Change is designed to make the name and gender marker change process much easier for the thousands of transgender people living in the state of Florida.
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As a homage to one of the earliest residents of Micanopy, the Montgomery wall is being repaired in hopes to preserve the town’s historic atmosphere.
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Once a bustling center of Alachua County's life, the town of Newnansville started declining in population after the Alachua County seat was relocated to Gainesville in 1854 and turned into a ghost town by the 1890s. Now it attracts history lovers from the county and reminds local residents and officials about the necessity to preserve the county's history.
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UF students form the campaign TogetherUF to encourage continued open conversations about race relations, in response to the October alt-right speech in Gainesville.
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Activists and students protest near the Phillips Center at the University of Florida on Thursday as white nationalist Richard Spencer speaks on campus.
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