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Alachua County has voted to stick with the policy of no longer using the labor of Florida state prison inmates.
Read More »On Second Thought, Alachua County Sticks By Decision To Stop Using Inmate Labor
Judge: Release Florida School Shooting Suspect’s Statement
Much of the hours-long statement given by Florida school shooting suspect to investigators should be publicly released, a judge ruled Thursday.
Read More »Former UF TAPS Employee Pleads No Contest In Fraud Case
Updated, Friday, Aug. 10, 2018: Tiffany Robinson on Thursday was sentenced to 12 years in state prison followed by 10 years of probation. Original story, June 14, 2018: Former UF Transportation and Parking Services employee Tiffany Robinson pleaded no contest in the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court Thursday morning, with a minimum …
Read More »Broward County Prosecutors Seeking Death Penalty in School Shooting
Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for the former student charged with killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month even though attorneys for Nikolas Cruz indicated he would plead guilty if his life was spared.
Read More »Florida Governor Signs Gun Restrictions 3 Weeks After Attack
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a far-reaching school-safety bill Friday that places new restrictions on guns, cementing his state's break with the National Rifle Association and decades of Republican thinking on gun control in the aftermath of the Parkland high school attack.
Read More »Will Gov. Rick Scott Sign Legislature’s Compromise On Guns?
All eyes are now on Republican Gov. Rick Scott to see if he'll sign the Florida legislature's narrowly approved response to last month's high school massacre of 17 people, a measure that isn't what he called for, falls short of what survivors demanded and challenges National Rifle Association orthodoxy.
Read More »Cruz Formally Charged With 17 Counts Of Murder, Florida House Passes School Safety Bill
Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz has been formally charged with 17 counts of first-degree murder, which could mean a death sentence if he's convicted.
Read More »Sheriff’s Report: Suspect Confessed to Florida School Attack
19-year-old Nikolas Cruz has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder in the Wednesday afternoon shooting in Parkland, Florida.
Read More »Alachua County Jail Making Strides On Mental Health But Still Encountering Struggles
In extreme cases, the mental health issues can lead to suicide at the jail, which often prompts discussions on the placement and treatment of such inmates.
Read More »Newberry Lynchings: Should They Be Memorialized?
Alachua County is considering whether to memorialize the lynchings that happened in the area between the years of 1891 and 1926.
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